Migration Movers

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to build understanding of human geography through an informational reading about migration in North America. Students read a passage explaining how migration-from early Indigenous movements to modern global migration-has shaped regions, cultures, and communities, then answer questions that focus on cause and effect, evidence, and clear explanation using complete sentences.

Learning Goals

• Human Geography (Grades 4-6): Understand how migration has influenced population patterns and regional development in North America.
• Cause & Effect: Analyze reasons people migrate, including climate, safety, opportunity, and cultural connections.
• Cultural Understanding: Recognize how migration contributes to diverse communities, shared traditions, and cultural identity.
• Informational Reading Skills: Practice identifying key ideas and supporting details using evidence from the text.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to align with upper elementary social studies and ELA standards.
• Historical & Modern Connections: Links past migration patterns with present-day global movement and communication.
• Evidence-Based Questions: Encourages students to support answers with information from the passage.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for geography units, history lessons, homework, assessments, or guided reading.

This printable worksheet helps students develop a deeper understanding of how migration shapes societies over time. By examining movement, culture, and regional change, learners strengthen reading comprehension, geographic reasoning, and analytical thinking. It’s a meaningful, no-prep resource that works well in both classroom instruction and homeschool learning, supporting thoughtful exploration of human movement and cultural connections.