Summary
Students will discuss global cultural, political, and economic issues/challenges facing today's society. Students will work independently and in groups, utilizing discussion, text, handouts, and video, to identify the pros and cons of globalization.
Essential Question(s)
How does globalization affect people's lives? What are some of the pros and cons of globalization?
Snapshot
Engage
Students pair with a partner and use the Think-Pair Share strategy to discuss the pros and cons of globalization. Students revise and expand their definitions after watching a short video.
Explore
Students work in groups to read four articles on globalization using the Jigsaw strategy.
Explain
Students record their findings, both pro and con.
Extend
Students view another short video and take a stand by writing a short pro/con essay.
Evaluate
Students complete and turn in their globalization pros/cons findings, their Think-Pair-Share activity with partners, and their individual essays to be graded.
Materials
Lesson Slides (attached)
Group Collaboration Rubric (attached)
Paper
Pens/pencils
Internet access to watch YouTube videos
Four student readings; links provided in text for student handouts to be printed in advance
Engage
Introduce the lesson using the Lesson Slides, then display the essential questions on slide 3.
How does globalization affect people's lives?
What are some of the pros and cons?
Allow time for students to copy the essential questions down on a piece of paper. Give them 2–3 minutes to think about and write down their responses to both essential questions.
Next, show slide 4. Introduce the Think-Pair-Share instructional strategy. Pair students with a classmate to discuss their answers, then call on several partners to share out their responses.
Display slide 5 and show students the short video "Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41," stopping at the 5:06 minutes mark.
After watching the video, have students return to their original partners to revise and expand their responses after learning this new information. Display the dictionary definition of the term “globalization” on slide 6. Call on new student pairs for revised responses, and make sure to clear up any misconceptions during the discussion.
Explore
Display slide 7. Have students get out a sheet of notebook paper, fold it hot-dog style, and prepare the headings of their paper as displayed on the slide.
Divide the class into groups of 4 to 5 students. Introduce the Jigsaw instructional strategy and display the group directions on slide 8. Distribute the four articles, covering cultural, economic, and political views on globalization, to the groups. Ask students in groups to divide up the readings, each student receiving one reading, which they will be expected to be an authority on for their group. As students complete their assigned group readings, instruct them to begin recording their findings on their pros/cons notebook paper.
Explain
After students have finished reading, have groups share and discuss their notes on the portions of text they were assigned, ensuring that their group members have a thorough understanding. Ask each student to record information shared by their group members onto their own pro/con notebook paper, so that all students have information from all the readings.
Extend
Display slide 9 and show students the video "Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics #16." Then, display slide 10. Instruct students to take a stand and write a short pro/con essay of their own using the question:
Do the pros outweigh the cons for globalization for developing countries like Bangladesh? Explain your reasoning.
Information can include reasoning from their pro/con sheet and from what they just saw in the video.
Evaluate
Ask students to turn in their completed globalization pro/con notes, their Think-Pair-Share activity, and their individual essays, all of which you can use as assessments for this lesson.
Resources
Collins, M. (2015, May 6). The pros and cons of globalization. Forbes. http://onforb.es/1Kirlmn
CrashCourse. (2012, November 2). Globalization I - the upside: Crash course world history #41 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ic&t=312s
CrashCourse. (2015, November 27). Globalization and trade and poverty: Crash course economics #16 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpVjxxpExM&t=2s
K20 Center. (n.d.). Jigsaw. Strategies.https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/179
K20 Center. (n.d.). Think-pair-share. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/139
Miller, B. (2015, July 13). Top 9 globalization pros and cons. Green Garage: The ECO Friendly Blog. https://greengarageblog.org/top-9-globalization-pros-and-cons
Weidenbaum, M. (2003). Weighing the pros and cons of globalization: A presentation to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/Weidenbaum.pdf
Ya'ar, C. (2012, January 17). Iran bans barbie: 'Meet Dara and Sara'. Israel National News. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Generic/Generic/SendPrint?print=1&type=0&item=151804
Original rubric created with the assistance of Rubistar. http://rubistar.4teachers.org