Global Web
Directions: Interactions among different parts of the world
directly affect you in ways that you may not fully understand.
This lesson will help you to understand the bigger picture of
global interactions and the effects that each part of this chain
has directly on you.
Learning Goals:
| will be able to identify the impact of globalization on myself and
the rest of the world.
| will then be able to analyze how a product they are interested in
connects to various parts of the world through interconnected
global trade.
Rewritten Learning Goals:
Review:
e What is Imperialism?
e How did this affect the development of countries around
the world?
¢ Which ones benefitted and which ones were held back
by it?Pros and Cons of Globalization
Pros
Cons
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10. 10.Take a look at all the positives and negatives listed
above.
e Can you find a current news event that relates to one of
these positives or negatives?
e What is your argument for why this applies to this
specific pro/con?
World Playlist
Directions: Think about the last song you listened to. Then
answer the questions below. We will use this to show the
connection between various parts of the world in the music that
we listen to.
What is the last piece of music you listened to?
Where is that artist from?
What label distributed the music? Where are they based?
What app/service did you get the music from? Who created it and
where are they from?
How many countries are involved in giving you access to that one
specific song?
(Add a relevant image for that song)Use the Mindmeister Web Tool to develop a Thought
Web that connects a specific product and the
process/connections it has to various countries
around the world.
Then write a short response that examines how this
product goes from an idea to something you can hold
in your hands. Consider how one interruption of this
process affects you personally, and finally whether or
not you personally believe globalization to be a
positive or negative thing.
Here is an example: Link to my MindMeister
Playstation is made in China by a Japanese company and
uses parts made in America before being sold to countries
like the U.S., U.K. Germany, Canada, Mexico, etc.
Students will examine why all these steps are taken for a
company like Sony (profit, global economics, etc.). If any
aspect of this is changed, for example if the chips needed
to make this are no longer available, then it prevents me
from buying one due to their being a limited amount of
them. | think globalization is ultimately a good thing
because it ensures that we all can be provided with the
same opportunities and benefits, even if that is not how it
always works out.Link to your Mindmeister:
Summarize the Global Web of your product: