Optional Activities
Follow the Herd: Place simple pictures or objects around the room to represent food, water, and shelter. Call out scenarios like "The animals moved north," "The river dried up," or "Winter is coming." Learners move toward the object that represents the best choice. Connection: Shows that migration often followed resources, not borders. Give an environment: cold land, hot desert, island, or forest. Learners choose what they would bring.

Watch Disney’s Moana: Moana serves as a great introduction to human migration by highlighting the ancient Polynesian voyagers who masterfully navigated the Pacific. By depicting wayfinding techniques like reading stars and currents, the film illustrates that these migrations were not accidental, but intentional journeys driven by curiosity and sophisticated environmental knowledge. Viewing the story through this lens helps frame migration as a remarkable human achievement based on exploration and cultural identity.