Internal Migration in the United States
Columnist and author Kristin Tate talked internal migration patterns occurring after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the different factors influencing people's decisions to migrate.
Description
Columnist and author Kristin Tate talked internal migration patterns occurring after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the different factors influencing people's decisions to migrate.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- According to Kristin Tate, what is the biggest factor causing the changes to the political map in the United States?
- What migration patterns have emerged since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic?
- What states and areas of the country appear to be losing population?
- How has COVID-19 impacted how and where many people can work?
- What does Kristin Tate mean by quality-of-life issues? How do these factors into the patterns of internal migration?
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Participants
Vocabulary
- Blue State
- Covid-19
- Domestic
- Immigration
- Internal Migration
- Megacity
- Quality Of Life
- Red State
- Tax Base