Week One Discussion Must post first. This week contains multiple discussion questions

Week One Discussion

Must post first.

This week contains multiple discussion questions that you are required to answer.

Each student will start with at least one initial post for one of several weekly class discussions. Posts must be at least 350 words, and respond primarily to the required readings. Students are welcome to also integrate discussion of enrichment activities into their posts.

The easy way to approach an initial post is to answer the listed questions posed by the Professor, informed by supporting evidence rooted in our required readings–and, when possible, other course materials. However, you may write a post that differently considers the reading in relation to its historical or theoretical context; you may write about an aspect of the day’s reading that you don’t understand that the activity illuminates, or reflect on why something you learn jars or surprises; you might also formulate a specific insightful question about our materials and then attempt to answer it yourself; or respond to another student’s post, building upon it, disagreeing with it, or re-thinking it. In any case, strive for thoughtfulness, nuance, and originality.

1a. What are the major migration patterns in the world today? Why does migration matter? Do you think these patterns may be important to study in historical perspective? 

2b. How did the industrial revolution bring about changes to long-distance mobility? Give two examples.

Sources:

See sources below!!!!!

Week One Reading and Lecture

Due by Wednesday

Textbook Mavroudi, Elizabeth and Caroline Nagel. 2016. Global Migration: Patterns, Processes, and Politics. Routledge. ISBN-13: 978-0415683876       

If you do not yet have a copy of the textbook you may purchase an e-book immediately on Vital Source here.

Read

Global Migration, Chapter 1, Making Sense of Global Migration

Global Migration, Chapter 2, Global Migration in Historical Perspective

“What Drives Human Migration?” by Hein de Haas (COMPAS, University of Oxford) – PDF document (138 KB) 

Click below to download optional and recommended course materials: 

Lecture Week 1 – PowerPoint File (2.45 MB)

Featured Optional Reading: “Migration_History:_Multidisciplinary_Approaches”  by J. Lucassen, L. Lucassen, and P. Manning, p. 1-6 only, in Migration History in World History Multidisciplinary Approaches. PDF document  (139 KB)

Recommended Readings List and Sources Week 1 – Word Document (73.3 MB)