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Title: A Tale of Illegal Immigrants


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Mexico
to the USA
A Tale of Illegal Immigrants
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MEXICO TO THE USA
Why do people try to cross the border illegally
? What are the push factors ? What are the pull
factors ?
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The border at night
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Around 1,000,000 people a year are caught by the
United States Border Patrol trying to cross the
border. Many of these are repeat offenders. What
would make you risk a crossing ? What do you
think most Americans think of the illegal
aliens or pollos as they are called ? Why are
some people glad to see the illegal immigrants?
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Creative Writing...
  • You are now to begin a piece of creative writing
    about migration from Mexico to the USA.
  • Imagine that you are one of the many Mexicans
    desperate to get into the USA, bearing in mind
    the numerous push and pull factors that you are
    aware of.
  • You cannot cross the border legally you must
    sneak across.
  • You are to produce a piece of writing telling
    the story of how you managed to cross the border
    (or not!!)

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How to write creatively
  • use the past tense
  • first person viewpoint (ie. I)
  • in chronological order (ie. Order of time)
  • opening paragraph describe your situation, your
    feelings and your plans
  • 2nd paragraph the start of your journey, perhaps
    mentioning the push factors
  • 3rd paragraph your journey over the border,
    still mentioning push but also pull factors
  • use adjectives to project the mood and describe
    your feelings
  • include lots of your feelings how would you feel
    if you got caught??

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Try to include
  • Details of the push factors that are making you
    want to move. Think about money, housing, crime,
    lack of employment opportunities, natural hazards
    (earthquakes), transport systems
  • What was attracting you towards the USA (pull
    factors) ?
  • How you travelled over the border ?
  • Any danger you experienced along the way did you
    meet the border patrols, did you pay a coyote
    to help ?
  • What you did if you managed to cross the border

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Final 3 slides adapted from Carly Goodwins
presentation, available from http//www.sln.org.uk
/geography Possible formats A diary A statement
to the border patrol, or in court A letter
home An e-mail home A poem A phone conversation
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