Immigration - push and pull Online version In this game, students will categorize each reason listed as either a push or pull factor. by Laurel Parrott 1 Push factors 2 Pull factors "My country was at war, so I moved to a new country with less conflict" ""People were starving in Ireland due to a famine, so my family moved to America" "My grandfather moved away from his home country because he didn't want to live in poverty anymore" "There were very few jobs in my field in my country, so I moved somewhere where I could find a job" "After my father spoke out against our government, we fled to a new country so we wouldn't be persecuted" "I moved to America after high school so I could go to college and get a good education" "Many pilgrims moved to America hundreds of years ago so they could have religious freedom" ""My parents moved our family to a new country that had better job opportunities" "My dad moved to America because he could earn more money here" "My grandmother moved to a new country where she felt she could have a greater quality life"