ANDRES SORIANO COLLEGES OF BISLIG

Andres Soriano Ave., Mangagoy, Bislig City

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES TEACHER-EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

GENERAL EDUCATION AREA
FIRST Semester, A.Y. 2020-2021

CONTEMPORARY WORLD
MODULE
Module 1
 The learners will explain how learning Globalization concepts are beneficial to them as young Global Citizens
 The learners will explain how studying Globalization helps the community members in adapting to the present
life under the ‘curse’ of the Global Crisis
 The learners will describe the present world under the umbrella of Globalization and elucidate how this concept
helps them become better local and global citizens

Module 2
 The learners to exhibit cooperation and collaboration after learning major concepts under Global Economy
Topic
 Share understanding about the importance of market integration.
 Promote the importance of strengthening the country’s economy in times of pandemic.
 To gain awareness on how to deal with the different potential threats with regards economic and political
security.
 To accept different viewpoints of fellow learners and citizens, compare and relate learned values they may be
obtained from this lesson.
 Express understanding on the essence of international cooperation and unity in this present world.

Module 3
 The learners will exhibit self-reliance, determination, and greater understanding of concepts upon achieving the
outcomes of the module

Module 4
 Articulate personal understanding and opinion on the relevance of Global Media Cultures to personal daily living
in the new normal
 Express personal insights on the effects of globalization to the different local and international cultures.
 That the learners will express understanding on the effects of globalization to religion (positive and negative
 To make the students realize the important roles of both globalization and religion in the society.

Module 5
 The learners will express understanding on the significance of the role of humanity in fulfilling Traffic and
Population control in the present context.
 The learners will express understanding on why Filipinos are most likely to migrate and so explain if migration
brings advantages or disadvantages to Filipino economy and culture.

Module 6
 The learners will elucidate the essence of attaining a local and global sustainable community for the present
and future generations.
 The learners will exhibit mindfulness, empathy and compassion, and use these as tools to enhance one’s
emotional well-being and social relation.
  The learners will demonstrate pro-social behavior towards others, including those belonging to a different race,
ethnicity, culture, color, gender or nationality.

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBALIZATION

DEFINING GLOBALIZATION

Specific Learning Outcomes:

During the students' learning engagements, they will be able to:

• Define and explain globalization by acrostic activity to express personal understanding about the concept;
• Identify and explain the varied Globalizations dimensions and concepts;
• Analyze the observed present local and international society to look on the existence of GLOBALIZATION; and
• Enumerate and explain the positive and the negative aspects of globalization according to the status quo and
by personal observations of the reality.

Introduction:

We see globalization as the growth of the sizes of social systems and the increase in the complexity of inter-
societal links. Thus, in certain respects, globalization may be regarded as a process connecting the past, the present,
and the future—as a sort of bridge between the past and the future. The articles in this book embrace the need to cover
a variety of aspects and dimensions of globalization, and to see both its local and its global manifestations. From our
perspective, globalization studies imply research that is not just limited to the most popular spheres of economic and
political globalization, but also includes the study of global problems such as climatic change, cultural globalization, and
so on.

In this Chapter, different definitions of globalization will be discussed. It will be revealed that the task of
conceptualizing it involves a variety of perspectives. For further understanding of the concept, different ideas will be
used. These ideas will also allow an appreciation or earlier epochs before globalization and the present globalized
world. The final lesson in this chapter will be devoted to a general discussion of globalization theories. It will give
information about the theories, origin and the history of globalization. This section gives a glimpse of the important
theories of globalization. This section will highlight further differences among scholars in explaining globalization.

PROCESS QUESTIONS ‘COME TO THINK OF IT”

1. What is GLOBALIZATION? Is it a concept that all kinds of people can easily comprehend and explain?
2. Do you think you need to study about the world? Is it abstract to study our world? or something that is significant to human
life?
3. What forces drive globalization? Are you experiencing or observing all these? How?
4. What says your knowledge bank when we talk about the WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS? In what generation of
the industrial revolutions are we in now? Express your understanding...
5. How is globalization existing in your local place? How about in the International stage?
 Engaging Activity 1: The ACROSTICs of Globalization
Intro-instruction: Since the basic concept of globalization is not new to all of us, let us all illicit your prior knowledge about the
concept and merge it with your present understanding. Students should be able to define, explain, and express their understanding
about Globalization.
You may think any word that is connected to any globalization concepts by which letters shall be used in crafting their self-
definitions.

Example:

Criteria:
 10 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas.
 5 points max - Proper technical use of the Acrostic strategy.

Note: Present your outputs to the class.

Activity Processing:
1. How do you find the activity?
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2. Why do you think the activity was done through acrostic formation? What does the acrostic activity teach us?
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To give everyone an insightful idea about the task, look at and analyze the images and multimedia below which are related to the
concept of globalization:

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 Also watch: https://youtu.be/xPD477FuqtY

Engaging Activity 2: "Brainstorm to Brain-store" :Write your answer to a short bond paper
How do you define GLOBALIZATION in the aspects of:

1. Politics?
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2. Culture?
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3. Socio-Economic or Economic aspects?

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4. Technology?
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NOTE: Do your own research/search. You may use print and online scholarly resources to add up to your discussion outcomes.
This activity will be rated through the following criteria:

10 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas.
Open Guide Questions:
1. What is GLOBALIZATION? Is it a concept that all kinds of people can easily comprehend and explain?
2. Do you think you need to study about the world? Is it abstract to study our world? or something that is significant to human life?
3. What forces drive globalization? Are you experiencing or observing all these? How?
4. What says your knowledge bank when we talk about the WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS? In what generation of the
industrial revolutions are we in now? Express your understanding...
5. How is globalization existing in your local place? How about in the International stage?

WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION?

the-many-and-contradicting-definitions

Human beings have encountered many changes over the last century especially in their social relationships and social structures.
Of these changes, one can say that globalization is a very important change, if not, the "most important" (Bauman 2003). The
reality and omnipresence of globalization make us see ourselves as part of what we refer to as the "global age" (Albrow 1996).

Globalization encompasses a multitude of processes that involve economy, political systems, and culture. Social structures,
therefore, are directly affected by globalization. (Al-Rhodan 2006)

On the other hand, it can be said that some view globalization to be a positive phenomenon. For instance, Swedish Journalist
Thomas Larsson (2001) saw globalization as "the process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer. It
pertains to the increasing ease with which somebody on one side of the world can interact, to mutual benefit with somebody on the
other side of the world."

On the other hand, some see it as occurring through and with regression, colonialism, and destabilization.

THE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION

ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION

refers to the widespread international movement of goods, capital, services, technology and information. It is the increasing
economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of
cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital. Economic globalization primarily comprises the globalization
of production, finance, markets, technology, organizational regimes, institutions, corporations, and labour.

POLITICAL GLOBALIZATION

refers to the growth of the worldwide political system, both in size and complexity. That system includes national governments,
their governmental and intergovernmental organizations as well as government-independent elements of global civil society such
as international non-governmental organizations and social movement organizations. One of the key aspects of the political
globalization is the declining importance of the nation-state and the rise of other actors on the political scene. The creation and
existence of the United Nations has been called one of the classic examples of political globalization.

CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION

refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings, and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social
relations. This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the Internet, popular culture
media, and international travel. This has added to processes of commodity exchange and colonization which have a longer history
of carrying cultural meaning around the globe. The circulation of cultures enables individuals to partake in extended social relations
that cross national and regional borders. The creation and expansion of such social relations is not merely observed on a material
level. Cultural globalization involves the formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and
collective cultural identities. It brings increasing interconnectedness among different populations and cultures.
GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Technological developments are conceived as the main facilitator and driving force of most of the globalization processes. Before
elaborating on the consequences of several technological developments, we must go through the definition of technology as a
sociological term, so that we can further explore the social and political role of technology in the globalization process.

Technology can be defined as the socialized knowledge of producing goods and services. We can describe the term technology
with five important elements: production, knowledge, instruments, possession and change. Our definition of technology as a
socialized knowledge can be better conceived with these elements.

Can you give more supporting ideas about these dimensions of Globalization?
Other resources and authors also made mention and then describe other possible globalization dimensions:

Define each, have your own answer/ research/search for more authentic ideas
(Write your answer to a separate short bond paper)

Social Globalization
Environmental Globalization
Military Globalization,
Etc...

Moving on...watch this video

https://youtu.be/v9rZOa3CUC8

Individual Guide Processing Questions:

1. Examine the timeline span and gaps of and between the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Industrial Revolutions. What do you observe?
Express your idea.
2. What does the multimedia material tell us? In which Generation among the 4 revolutions you are in?

Formative Activity 1: LET US INVESTIGATE and RESPOND (Write your answer to a short bond paper)

1. Think or recall the trending or most remembered, phenomenal, and/or sensational national and international news
recently. Do they talk or somehow pertain to any aspects of Globalization? Cite and explain.
2. How about in your locality? Can you think of recent events or current affairs which gives you the idea that the trace of
Globalization is really existent even in the smallest units of our economy and society? Justify.

Criteria:
• 10 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas.

Engaging Activity 3: GOOD-balization? or Glo-BAD-lization? (Write your answer to a short bond paper)

Before proceeding, watch this short clip:

https://youtu.be/9sRgtggNj0M

"...the entire universe must be perfectly balanced...as all things should be -Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War 2018”
We all believe that all things have their pros and cons, bad and good, dark and light, positive and negative, etc...
...For this we are also bound to determine the positive and negative aspects of Globalization.

Enumerate and explain each positive and the negative aspect of globalization according to the status quo and by your personal
observations of the reality...Present your ideas in the class through visual comparison map or diagram or table/chart.
Criteria:
• 10 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas.

CLOSING GUIDE: (Write your answer to a short bond paper)

1. What is GLOBALIZATION? Is it a concept that all kinds of people can easily comprehend and explain?
2. Do you think you need to study about the world? Is it abstract to study our world? or something that is significant to human life?
3. What forces drive globalization? Are you experiencing or observing all these? How?
4. What says your knowledge bank when we talk about the WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS? In what generation of the

industrial revolutions are we in now? Express your understanding...

5. How is globalization existing in your local place? How about in the International stage?

Criteria:
• 3 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas
• 2 points max - effective manner or structure of explanation of knowledge or ideas (grammar and convincing or
persuasiveness factor)

QUESTIONS for COMPLETING THE UNDERSTANDING. (Write your answer to a short bond paper)

1. Are societies in the world becoming more similar? (Homogeneous) or more different? (Heterogeneous)
2. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of homogenization of culture? How about heterogenization?

Criteria:
• 8 points max - factual, complete, accurate, concise, comprehensive, and efficient relay of ideas.
• 2 points max -statements and responses structure and grammar

REFLECTION STATEMENTS (SHORT ANSWER, write it in a short bond paper)

How is studying Globalization helpful to the community members in adapting to the present life under the ‘curse’ of the Pandemic?

ASSESSMENTS: Write your answer to a short bond paper.

(I) Directions. Answer the following questions below:

_______1. It refers to the emerging of an international network belonging to an economic and social system.
_______2. This transaction can be real merchandise, various forms of services, financial instruments, investments in local
production facilities by multinational firms.
_______3. It practically connects everyone on earth with everyone else.
_______4. It is a constant interaction where it is the one increasing and proliferating today
_______5. They identified four basic aspects of globalization: trade and transactions, capital movements and investment, migration
and movement of people and the spreading of knowledge.

(II) MATCHING TYPE. Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B, write only the letter of answer on the
blank provided at the right side of the paper.
 ASSIGNMENTS: Write your answer to a short bond paper
A.Answer the following:
1. What are the greatest challenges of GLOBALIZATION in your local place? Cite and Explain each.
2. Do you think that the Philippines is being harmed as other countries transfer their activities to us also known as
outsourcing?
3. How do you assess globalization in the sphere of production?
4. Does the position of US and China as giants in the economic chain threaten the status of less developed countries in the
global market?

B. Research on the global economy topics:

1. Surpluses and Deficits;’
2. Economic Chains and Networks;
3. Global Value Chains: China and the US (Scrap Metal, Waste Paper, Tshirts, iPhones);
4. Increasing Competition for Commodities; and
5. Outsourcing.

RESOURCES: Aldama, P. (2018). The contemporary world. 856 Nicanor Reyes, Sr. Street Recto Avenue Manila
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Claudio, L. & Abinales P. (2018). The contemporary world 839 EDSA, South Triangle, Quezon City:
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Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization
San Juan, D. (2018). Journeys through our contemporary world. 1253 G. Araneta Avenue cor. Ma.
Clara Street, Talayan, Quezon City: Vibal Group.

Image Links (Quipper):

• ![image][5d3e541630c5ac11e6001192]
• ![image][5d3e67ed30c5ac11e600173e]
• ![image][5d3e751130c5ac11e6002157]
Youtube Links:
• https://youtu.be/xPD477FuqtY
• https://youtu.be/v9rZOa3CUC8
• https://youtu.be/9sRgtggNj0M