Theme: Living in a Global Economy

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ThemeLiving in a Global Economy
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Session Presenters and Panelists

• Margaret Roberson, Instructional Change Coach
  (Stone Mountain, GA)
• Aleida Villarreal, Lanier High School (San
  Antonio, TX)
• Eliza Fabillar, Education Development Center
  (Newton, MA)

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Session Agenda

• Introductions
• Overview of Theme Living in a Global Economy
• Sample Session from Module Markets Without
  Borders (14), Activity 1 What is Globalization?
• Panel Discussion Highlights and Challenges from
  Teachers and Students

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Theme Living in a Global EconomyFord PAS
Modules

• Calculating Your Future Personal Finance
• The Wealth of Nations
• Markets Without Borders
• Global Citizens

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Content Focus

• Factors that determine a nations economic
  well-being
• The role of trade policy, trade balance, currency
  value, cultural norms, and international
  regulations in determining how the worlds
  economy functions in an era of globalization
• The meaning of corporate and global citizenship
  and how businesses respond to social and
  environmental concerns
• Essential concepts in financial planning
  opportunity cost, gross and net income, savings
  and interest, credit and debt, investment and
  risk, insurance

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Theme Living in a Global Economy Sample Ford
PAS Activity
Module Markets Without Borders Activity 1
What is Globalization? Activity 2 Cultural
Challenges in a Global Economy Activity 3
Trade in a Global Economy Activity 4 Money,
Money, Money Activity 5 Trade Policy Can Trade
be Free and Fair? Activity 6 A Global Community