Human Cargo

Population mobility, migrants and refugees, is about migration in all its forms – immigration, emigration, forced, voluntary, historical, contemporary, future, international, internal, mobility and population change – and its causes and results.

Each unit is stand-alone with skill-based activities designed to be accessible to all ability groups.

Topical content written from a New Zealand perspective/context.

The largest migrations in human history are described along with coverage of topical issues such as the refugee crisis in Europe and human trafficking.

Features:

• Strands – Identity, Culture and Organisation; Place and Environment, Continuity and Change

• Perspectives – Future, Current Issues, Multicultural

• Settings – Global, New Zealand

• Essential skills – Communication, Numeracy, Information, Problem-solving, Self-management and competitive, Social and cooperative, Work and study

• Essential learning about New Zealand society – Maori migration, British migration, current events and issues

• Processes – Social enquiry, Values exploration, Social decision making