Globalization

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Globalization

• A National Council on Economic Education
  Curriculum
• Brought to ACTE By
• Operation Outreach
• Patricia A. Palmer, Director
• outpalmr_at_greenhills.net

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Globalization

• From Trade to
• Environment to
• Outsourcing
• So controversial!
• Timely!
• Strong Emotion and Economic
• M I S C O N C E P T I O N S.

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Focus Globalization

• Equips teachers to grasp the concepts underlying
  the debates
• Provides 12 classroom-ready lessons
• Student-centered
• Active learning!
• Conceptual framework, basic data and information
  to cover the topics
• academically and engage students

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Each Lesson Includes

• Lesson Description
• Introduction to the content/issues
• List of Economic Concepts
• National Content Standards and Benchmarks
• Objectives
• Time Estimate

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• Materials List
• Procedures Ste- by-step with guiding questions
  and suggested responses
• Closure
• Assessment
• All Visuals and Worksheets, Camera Ready
• Lessons are stand alone but some
• overlap or are closely related.

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Curriculum Connects!

• Economics
• History
• Geography
• Government/Civics
• Contemporary Issues
• Math
• Communication Arts

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Intro Essay

• Teacher Resource and/or AP Classes
• Comprehensive overview
• Basic Facts
• Ideas behind the debates on
• G L O B A L I Z A T I O N.
• essay by
• David Hummels, Purdue University

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The Lessons

• Why Is Globalization So Controversial?
• Why People Trade, Domestically and
  Internationally
• Finding a Comparative Advantage, Including Your
  Own
• Globalization and the U.S. Economy
• U.S. and World Trade Past and Present
• Impact of Globalization on Tradition
• and Culture

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More

• Globalization and the Environment
• Migration
• Globalization and Standards of Living
• Protecting the U.S. Sugar Industry from Foreign
  Outsourcing A Bittersweet Idea
• Limiting TradeWho Gains, Who Loses?
• Trade, Investment, and the Balance of Payments

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Strategies to Engage Learners

• Readers Theatre
• Demonstrations
• Self Assessment/Inventory
• Games
• Analyze Data
• Surveys
• Letter to Editor

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More Strategies

• Simulations
• Role Play
• Technology
• Small Groups
• Debates
• Using Graphs

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GlobalizationWhat is it?
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What is Globalization?
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Globalization is
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Globalization means..

• Many things to many people
• In general, Globalization encompasses many
  economic and policy issues
• Rising levels of International Trade
• Debates over Benefits and Costs of Free Trade
• and policies that limit trade to promote fair
  trade
• Environmental effects of economic
• growth and international trade

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• Changing distribution of wealth among nations,
  and across workers with different education and
  skill levels within particular nations
• The appropriate role and historical effectiveness
  (or not) of the leading international
  institutions that promote international trade and
  development
• Govt.s role in assisting workers and/or
• firms that are adversely effected by
• international trade