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Globalization

Concept list 21 is due by Thursday, March 1st.

Tweet 23 #globalization is due by Thursday, March 3rd at 11:59pm. .

Globalization: Blurring the Boundaries Forum post is due by Saturday, March 3rd at 11:59pm.

Digital Humanities Quest 6 will be administered on Friday, March 2nd. Last call for Multiple choice questions.

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Answer the following prompt in your mini notebook:

Create a list of how the United States is connected to other countries around the

world.

Thought Questions

In your small group, take a look at the tags that can be found on all of your clothing possessions.

Underwear are off limits!

Write down the name of all the countries that are represented in your clothes.

Name Tag Activity

Share out the results of the name tag activity.

Name Tag Activity Share Out

Answer the following question in your mini-notebook:

1. How do you benefit from our connections with other countries?

2. How do other countries benefit from their connection with the United States?

3. Who benefits the most from globalization?

Thought Question

What is the message

What is the bias?

Do you agree with the message?

Globalization describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade.

What is Globalization?

Log the following clip into your video source log graphic organizers.

TitleObama on GlobalizationUnit: US Foreign PolicyTheme: Globalization

Thread: Economic Development

What is Globalization?

Globalization is weakening nation-states and that global institutions gradually will take over the functions and power of nation-states.

The creation of legal institutions like the international criminal tribunals that have sprung up in the past decade, as well as the proliferation of major international conferences aiming to address global problems through international cooperation, have been referred to as proof of political globalization. (WTO, IMF, World Bank)

Political Manifestations of Globalization

Globalization links increased economic transactions across national borders to increased world GDP

Many of the economies of the industrial North (i.e., North America, Europe, East Asia) have benefited from globalization, while in the past two decades many semi- and non-industrial countries of the geo-political South (i.e., Africa, parts of Asia, and Central and South America) have faced economic downturns rather than the growth promised by economic integration

Economic Manifestations of Globalization

Extra Credit OpportunityGo to Question & Answer section of the forum

post. Pose a discussion question to your classmates

that generates comments: 15 pointsResponse to the question: 10 points

Quest 6 40 Question multiple choice exam Concept list 16 through Concept list 18Motivation, emotion, Sigmund Freud &

psychodynamic approach, Mental disorders, Human development, hunger & eating, personality, consciousnesss

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Political Cartoon Analysis List as many corporations as you can see.

What is the message

What is the bias?


Informational Services The electronic revolution has promoted the diversification

and democratization of information as people in nearly every country are able to communicate their opinions and perspectives on issues, local and global, that impact their lives.

News Services There has been a significant shift in the transmission and

reporting of world news with the rise of a small number of global news servicesWho determines what news What is "newsworthy?" Who

frames the news and determines the perspectives articulated? Whose voice(s) are and are not represented? What are the potential political consequences of the silencing of alternative voices and perspectives?

Social and Cultural Manifestations of Globalization

Popular Culture Information technology enables a wide

diversity of locally-based popular culture to develop and reach a larger audience.

Local critics of this trend lament not only the resulting silencing of domestic cultural expression, but also the hegemonic reach of Western, "alien" culture and the potential global homogenization of values and cultural taste.

Social and Cultural Manifestations of Globalization

The proponents of global free trade say that: promotes global economic growth, creates jobs, makes companies more competitive, and lowers prices for consumers. provides poor countries with the chance to

develop economically and by spreading prosperity

Creates the conditions in which democracy and respect for human rights may flourish.

Pro-Globalization Arguments

Anti-globalists also claim that globalization causesInequality for the majority of the worldRichest 20 percent of the world's population

consume 86 percent of the world's resources, Poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.Exploitation of labor. Inhumane working conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap

goods.Increase in human trafficking.

Anti-Globalization Arguments

Discontent with the perceived disastrous economic and social manifestations of globalization has led to large and growing demonstrations at recent intergovernmental meetings, including meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrial countries.

Discontent with Globalization

After watching the video, answer the following question in your mini-notebook:

What are the pro and cons of globalization that Jagdish Bhagwati outlines in the video?

Pros and Cons of Globalization

Thought Video

Concept list 23 is due on Thursday, March 8th.

Tweet 24, #WTO, is due on Saturday, March 10th by 11:59pm.

Nike Sweatshops: Are they paid a living wage? Forum post is due on Saturday, March 10th by 11:59pm.

Thursday you will be taken to the Mac lab to take the My School, My Voice Survey.

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One year FREE student housingContest period: March 6, 2012-May 31, 2012

Tell us in video of 4 minutes or less: Why do you want to live at La Casa?

Then tell your friends, tell everybody, to view your video, because the video with the most views wins the POPULAR VOTE and goes to committee for final selection. ONLY, the 10 most viewed videos will go to committee for final selection.

The Contest:Gather all your creative juices and create a video, no more

than 4 minutes, that answers the following question: “Why do you want to live at La Casa?” Here are some ideas of what you can create: A slideshow with your story A Telenovela or soap opera Dramatization A play A documentary, starring YOU!

La Casa Contest


What did you learn about globalization playing the 3rd World simulation game?

Thought Question

Survey the “Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World”

Read pages 1 through 8 and the following titles:Poem: Questions from a Worker Who ReadsWhy We Wrote This Book “Is This Book Biased? Rethinking Our Language

Digest each section with a (1) paragraph summary, which also include your opinion on the work.

Create 2 leveled questions for each section.

Rethinking Globalization

Globalization

Overview of Globalization

Hidden Face of Globalization Part 1

Hidden Face of Globalization Part II

Hidden Face of Globalization Part III

Hidden Faces of Globalization


Share your thoughts about hidden face of globalization.

Thought Question

Imperialism – A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy, military force, and/or economic policies

The Third World – connected to the world economic division as "periphery" countries in the world system that is dominated by the "core" countries; used interchangeably with the Global South to describe poorer countries that have struggled to attain steady economic development.

Geopolitics - The use of geographical territory for purposes of maintenance and pro jection of power; the control of strategic locations in the pursuit of political goals.

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Westernization – assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization

(Americanization)

Spheres of Influence - an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic, military or political influence.

Concept List 22

ContextYou are an 18-year-old son or daughter in the Rebollo

family who helps your father with his corn farm. The farm has steadily been losing money because subsidies to American farmers have been driving down Mexican corn prices. The family is having a very difficult time making a living.

Conflict Your mother and father need your help. But you feel

a conflict. One part of you wants to leave the farm and go to Mexico City or slip illegally into the U.S. and build a new life for yourself; another part of you wants to stay and support your father.

Call-to-ActionWrite a two page letter to a friend explaining what

you have decided to do and why.

Globalization R.A.F.T

Concept list 24 is due on Thursday, March 15th.

Tweet 25 #Kony is due on Saturday, March 17th by 11:59pm.

The Alarming TRUTH about Kony 2012 is due on Saturday, March 17th by 11:59pm.

Have the following completed for tomorrow’s Socratic seminar: Globalization R.A.F.T. Personal Item Inventory The Hidden Face of Globalization video source logSummary of Rethinking Schools Introduction

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Spin – A particular bias, interpretation, or point of view, intended to create a favorable (or sometimes, unfavorable) impression when presented to the public

Framing – defines the packaging of an element of rhetoric in such a way as to encourage certain interpretations and to discourage others.

(Pro-life and Pro-choice)

Soft power - Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures

Concept List 23

Hard power – a term describing power obtained from the use of military and/or economic coercion to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.

Hegemonic power - The processes by which dominant culture(s) maintains its dominant position in the world

Concept List 23

Globalization Socratic Seminar

No Concept List this week.

Tweet 26 #combatingpoverty is due Saturday, March 24th by 11:59pm.

IMF, WTO, World Bank forum post is due Saturday, March 24th by 11:59pm.

Thursday and Friday – viewing of film entitled, “Battle in Seattle”

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Identify at least 3 trends from the 2000 World Wealth Levels Map

Privatization - process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector (the state or government) to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit) or to private non-profit organizations.

(Charter Schools)

Neo-liberalism - The idea that transferring part of the control of the economy from public sector (government) to the private sector (businesses) will produce a more efficient government and improve the economy of a nation; a political movement that has taken over the US political system which promotes moderate to conservative positions on "social issues" yet fully supports transnational corporate globalism in its quest economic dominance

Concept List 24

Quality of Life - The term quality of life is used to evaluate the general well-being of individuals and societies

NGO’s - organizations formed by people outside of government. NGO’s monitor the proceedings of human rights bodies such as the COMMISSION ON human rights and are the “watchdogs” of the human rights that fall within their mandate.

NAFTA - An agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico that took effect on January 1, 1994, designed to increase the scope for the free flow trade and investment among these three countries. It includes measures for the elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade, as well as many more specific provisions concerning the conduct of trade and investment that reduce the scope for government intervention in managing trade.

Concept List 24

Wealth is…

The 10 chairs represent the 10% of all global wealth.

How much wealth would each family have if wealth was equally distributed? $250,000 per family

How would this affect our society?

10 Chairs of Inequality

How many chairs to belong to the richest people in the world?

How does it feel to be the richest people in the world?

How does it feel to be poorest people in the world?

Why does our system concentrate wealth in the hands of so few?

10 Chairs of Inequality

What does this chart tell you about distribution of earnings in the US?

What did you discuss in your pairs?

What does this chart tell you about distribution of earnings in the US?

Was there anything that surprised you?

What is the breakdown used in this chart? Do you think that is useful?

What does this chart tell you about the 99%?

What does this chart tell you about the 1%?

How does this chart relate to the discussion of the paragraph we read earlier today?

Partner Discussion

Thought Question

What is the message

What is the bias?


Why World Trade Rules Need to Change

Why Would Trade Rules Need to Change

The following are the names of the organizations structures that run the world economy.

1. World Trade Organization – WTO2. World Bank3. International Monetary Fund – IMF 4. Group of 20 – G-20

World Economic International Organizations

Fact File Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Established: 1 January 1995Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94) Membership: 153 countries on 23 July 2008

PurposeDeals with the rules of trade between nations. Negotiates and signs by the bulk of the world’s

trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. Help producers of goods and services, exporters, and

importers conduct their business.

WTO

Functions Forum for trade negotiationsHandling trade disputesMonitoring national trade policiesTechnical assistance and training for

developing countriesReviews national trade policiesCooperates with other international

organizations

WTO

Log the follow video in your video source log:

How Do the WTO, World Bank, and IMF Work

How Does the IMF, World Bank, & WTO Work?


TitleWTO & The Global Resistance

Unit: US Foreign PolicyTheme: Globalization


WTO & The Global Resistance


TitleWorld Trade Organization at 15



World Trade Organization

Break up the article into two sections: 10 Benefits of the WTO System10 Arguments Against the WTO

Share out with the rest of your small group.

Narrow down the arguments to the top 5 strongest reasons for and against the WTO.

Create a WTO statement.

Pros and Cons of the WTO

Concept list 25 is due on Wednesday, April 11th

Tweet 27 - #BattleinSeattle is due on Saturday, April 14th.

Battle in Seattle 1999 forum post is due on Saturday, April 14th.

Boys Baseball home game versus Bogan high school on Wednesday, April 11th.

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Protest activity surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations, occurred on 30 November 1999, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington.

The negotiations were quickly overshadowed by massive and controversial street protests outside the hotels and the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, in what became the second phase of the anti-globalization movement in the United States. The scale of the demonstrations—even the lowest estimates put the crowd at over 40,000—dwarfed any previous demonstration in the United States against a world meeting of any of the organizations generally associated with economic globalization (such as the WTO, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), or the World Bank). The events are sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle or the Battle in Seattle

Battle in Seattle

Concept list 26 is due on Wednesday, April 18th.

Tweet 28 #WhatisIMF is due Saturday, April 21st

What is IMF forum post is due Saturday, April 21st.

Quest 7 will be on Friday, April 20th.

Extra credit Boys baseball game on Monday and Wednesday starting

at 4:30pm. 5 points extra credit

Announcements

Political Cartoon Analysis

What is the message

What is the bias?


Economic stagnation - a prolonged period of slow economic growth, traditionally measured in terms of the GDP growth.

Factoids - an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact

Technocrat – a member of the skilled elite; new type of bureaucrat; intensely trained in engineering or economics and devoted to the power of national planning;

Concept List 25

Orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world”; conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.

Deglobalization - moving away from the globalization trends and regard each market as special, with its own economy, culture and religion; the return to the local, away from the destructive forces of globalization.

Concept List 25

The WTO SystemBenefits

Helps to keep peaceBased on rules, not

powerCuts the cost of

livingConsumers have

more choiceStimulates

employment Encourages good

governments

Arguments AgainstTramples labor and

human rightsa stacked secretive courtOnly serves the interests

of multinational corporation

Destroying the environment

Adopted undemocratically

Increases inequality


TitleIntroduction to International Monetary Fund



International Monetary Fund

Created in 1944 to help the world avoid another Great Depression.

Goal was to help countries maintain the value of their currencies without resorting to trade barriers and high interest rates.

Today, the IMF has over 180 member countries, which it helps by:Surveying global economic conditionsAdvising member countries on methods to improve their

economyProviding short-term loans to avoid currency instability

The IMF is governed by its member countries through its Board of Governors, which is usually the finance minister or central bank

IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) an organization of 187 countriesworking to foster global monetary cooperation secure financial stability facilitate international tradepromote high employmentsustainable economic growthreduce poverty around the world.

International Monetary Fund

The IMF provides loans to countries that have trouble meeting their

international payments and cannot otherwise find sufficient financing on affordable terms.

low-income countries to help them develop their economies and reduce poverty.

This financial assistance is designed to help countriesrebuild their international reservesstabilizing their currencies,

IMF

After watching the following video, interpret and react to the Funny or Die skit.

Funny Or Die Presents - Playground Politics Africa

Thought Question

Steve Goose

Nobel Peace Prize

Laureate

International

Campaign to ban

landmines

Stephen GooseDirector, Arms Division

Stephen Goose, director of Human Rights Watch's Arms Division and a general expert on arms, has been at the forefront of international efforts to address the humanitarian dangers of cluster munitions.

Goose helped to bring about the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which has been signed by more than 100 states to date. Goose and Human Rights Watch were also instrumental in bringing about the 1997 international treaty banning antipersonnel mines, the 1995 protocol banning blinding lasers, the 2003 protocol on explosive remnants of war.

He and Human Rights Watch co-founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1993, Goose was a staff member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and a researcher at the Center for Defense Information. He has a master's degree in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in History from Vanderbilt University.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Read pages 77 through 82 and the following titles:Who Are the World Bank and the IMF?Getting into DebtHow was the Money Spent?Who was Responsible? The Bubble Burst Divide and RulePolicing the Debt Crisis: Enter the IMF and the W.B.Cuts in Government Spending“Structural Adjustment Policies

Digest each section with a (1) paragraph summary, which also include your opinion on the work.

Create 1 leveled questions for each section.

Debt: The New Colonialism

Political Cartoon Analysis

1. What is the message? 2. What is the bias? 3. Do you agree with the message?

What is globalization? Differences between manifestations of

globalization - Social, Cultural, Economic, political

Arguments for and against globalization Concept list 22 - 26Analysis of globalization Political cartoon Function, purpose, and history of WTOArguments for and against the WTO Function, purpose and history of the IMF Arguments for and against the IMF

Study Guide for Quest 7

Accountability - liable to account for one's actions; The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds

(governments, corporations, teenagers)

Transparency - used in the humanities and in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It is a metaphorical extension of the meaning a "transparent" object is one that can be seen through.

Concept List 26

Commodity - any good or service produced by human labour and offered as a product for general sale on the market.

Sustainable - able to continue over a period of time: Causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time.

Fair Trade - an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as social and environmental standards

Concept List 26

From the upcoming film “One Peace at a Time.”

Ban Cluster Munitions, From One Peace at a time

Ban Cluster Munitions

Who borrowed it? Not the peasants, not the working people. In fact the large majority of the population of Brazil didn’t have anything to do with the debt, but they’re being asked to pay it. That’s like you being asked to pay if I spent my money somewhere else and couldn’t pay it back. To the extent that there is a debt – if you believe in capitalist principles – the debt ought to be paid by the people who borrowed it. In this case they are military dictators, some landowners, and the super-rich.

Noam Chomsky

Read the article that discusses the United Nations and the 4 global organizations.

Summarize the article in 8-10 sentences.

Homework will be checked first thing on Friday.

Global Organizations Reading

Divide the class into groups of four to six students. Ask each group to draw up a preliminary five-point plan for making globalization benefit more people. First, students should review the readings and other reference sources. Then consider: What five specific suggestions for improvement seem most important to them?

Each group should then prepare a clear, concise rationale for each improvement, along with a brief explanation of how each might be financed (if the measure will cost money). A recorder should be responsible for writing down the five-point plan, the rationale and financing ideas.

Ask a reporter from each group to present its program to the class for questions and discussion. After the class has heard all of the reports, a final discussion could produce a vote on which suggestion is the best or perhaps a class consensus on which items represent the class's best thinking.

A second set of group sessions and class discussion could deal with likely opposition to the class' proposals. From what sources might such opposition come? Why? What kinds of power does this opposition have? What suggestions do students have for combating it? Can students cite any examples of comparable resistance that was successful? Students might consider examples of successful resistance to entrenched power from American historyósuch as the abolitionist, civil rights, feminist, and union movements.

How Do We Make Globalization Work for Everyone?

Free trade is a system of trade policy that allows traders to trade across national boundaries without interference from the respective governments.

The policy permits trading partners mutual gains from trade of goods and services.

Free Trade


TitleThe World Bank and the IMF



Creating Global Poverty

Answer the following question on a separate sheet of paper.

How should concern over human rights inform our economic policy?

Thought Question

Fair trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade.

It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South.

Fair trade organizations, backed by consumers, are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising and in campaigning for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade.[5]

Fair Trade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade

What Controls the Economy?

The Fair Trade movement intends to Provide market access to otherwise

marginalized producers, connecting them to customers and allowing access with fewer middlemen.

Aims to provide higher wages than typically paid to producers as well as helping producers develop knowledge, skills and resources to improve their lives.

Guidelines of Free Trade

Answer the following writing prompt in your mini notebooks:

Use the Pro and Anti globalization graphic organizer to determine whether you are pro or anti globalization. Your response must include at least 3 arguments why you take the specific position.

Be ready to share your response.

Thought Question

In groups of 3, read the 7 global trade dilemmas.

Answer the “yes or no” question below each situation and make sure to explain your group’s reasoning behind your opinion.

Record your response (1) group paper.

Dilemmas Of Global Trade

In groups of 4, read the facts presented in the Nike Fact Sheet.

Use the following question to stir a small group discussion:

Should we concern ourselves with Nike’s labor practices?

You must use your worldviews to inform your position.

Record your response (1) group paper.

Nike Fact Sheet

The intentional purchase of products and services that the customer considers to be made ethically.

This may mean with minimal harm to or exploitation of humans, animals and/or the natural environment.

Practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favored, or 'moral boycott', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing

Socially Responsible Consumer

The Group of Twentyestablished in 1999 Purpose is to bring together industrialized

and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy.

Helps to support growth and development across the globe.

Group of 20 (G-20)

G-20 MembershipThe G-20 is made up of

the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries:

ArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCanadaChinaFranceGermanyIndia

IndiaIndonesiaItalyJapanMexicoRussiaSaudi ArabiaSouth AfricaRepublic of KoreaTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Answer the following question in your mini notebook:

How do the economic international organizations influence the world economy?

Thought Question

The Arguments against Globalization

Compare the list of G-20 members with the map above.What can be said about poorest countries in the world?

Tweet 9, Concept List 11, and US-China Relations forum post is due Friday, April 29th by 12pm.

Today will be used for debate prep.

The Globalization debate will occur on Tuesday.

Friday you will be writing an in-class essay on your individual stance on globalization.

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Debate Prep

Concept list 21 is due by Thursday, March 1 st. Tweet 23 #globalization is due by Thursday, March 3...

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