Mexico-USA Migration Conference Lesson

This is a full lesson that uses a conference style debate to encourage students to look at differing viewpoints about the controversial issue of migration from Mexico to the USA, thinking about it from the perspective of a range iof different stakeholders.

The Powerpoint presentation starts with a series of key pictures of ways in which migrants try to cross the border to remind the students of the lengths the migrants will go to, and then the conference groups are introduced and the conference explained.

There is also a set of role cards to help the students put their conference speeches together and a helpsheet with some key facts they could incorporate.

I have used this successfully with Year 9, but it would probably work for any year group in Key Stage 3.