Impacts of globalisation
This lesson:
-Understand that globalisation has had both a positive and negative impact on our world
-Understand that globalisation has had both a positive and negative impact on our world
'The Rabbits' by Shaun Tan and john marsden
After reading the picture book, work in groups to complete the following tasks:
1) List all of the different forms of technology you can see in the book. Go through each page carefully. Make sure you are noticing all of the words and the pictures.
2) Separate the list into 'positive' and 'negative' your title should be 'Positive and Negative impacts of Globalisation'
- You will notice that some of the technologies will fall into both lists
3) You are to create a tweet about what this book has taught you about globalisation. The best one I will tweet and tag Shaun Tan in it to see if he responds. A tweet is a sentence which is 140 characters. It can not be any more than 140 in total! You may include hash tags.
1) List all of the different forms of technology you can see in the book. Go through each page carefully. Make sure you are noticing all of the words and the pictures.
2) Separate the list into 'positive' and 'negative' your title should be 'Positive and Negative impacts of Globalisation'
- You will notice that some of the technologies will fall into both lists
3) You are to create a tweet about what this book has taught you about globalisation. The best one I will tweet and tag Shaun Tan in it to see if he responds. A tweet is a sentence which is 140 characters. It can not be any more than 140 in total! You may include hash tags.
Read the text below about the impacts of globalisation.
Global companies like McDonalds and Apple help countries by providing new jobs and skills for local people. These companies also bring wealth to local economies when they buy local resources, products and services. Another benefit is that globalization results in the sharing of ideas, experiences and lifestyles of people and cultures around the world. For instance, people can experience foods and other products not previously available in their own countries. Globalisation also increases awareness of events in far-away parts of the world. For example, Australia was quickly made aware of the 2004 tsunami and sent help rapidly in response.
However, globalisation operates mostly in the interests of the richest countries, which continue to dominate world trade at the expense of developing countries. The role of developing countries in the world market is mostly to provide cheap labour and raw materials. Global companies, which can produce things cheaper than smaller companies may drive local companies out of business. Furthermore, an absence of strictly enforced international laws means that global companies may operate in developing countries in a way that would not be allowed in developed countries like Australia. They may pollute the environment, run risks with safety or impose poor working conditions and low wages on local workers.
However, globalisation operates mostly in the interests of the richest countries, which continue to dominate world trade at the expense of developing countries. The role of developing countries in the world market is mostly to provide cheap labour and raw materials. Global companies, which can produce things cheaper than smaller companies may drive local companies out of business. Furthermore, an absence of strictly enforced international laws means that global companies may operate in developing countries in a way that would not be allowed in developed countries like Australia. They may pollute the environment, run risks with safety or impose poor working conditions and low wages on local workers.
1. Identify and look up any words you do not understand.
2. Summarise the information in dot point under the headings Positive Impacts, Negative Impacts
2. Summarise the information in dot point under the headings Positive Impacts, Negative Impacts
For teachers: Place students in groups of 4. Pin images around the room that convey different impacts of globalisation. Groups rotate around each stimulus, and are required to contribute something about it on the paper provided. Each group is given a different coloured texta to do so.
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Look the above images.
1. Describe what you can see.
2. How does the image make you feel?
3. What message about the impact of globalisation does the image convey?
'Back to the Future' Day
Today:
- What did Hollywood think that 2015 would look like in 1989?
- Where is some of our rubbish ending up?
- What did Hollywood think that 2015 would look like in 1989?
- Where is some of our rubbish ending up?
Homework:
In your books you are to create ONE product that you think might exist in 2030. You are to draw an image of the product and write 4-5 sentence describing what the product does.
In your books you are to create ONE product that you think might exist in 2030. You are to draw an image of the product and write 4-5 sentence describing what the product does.
You are to copy this map into your books under the title
'Great Pacific Garbage Patch'
You are to write a letter to future generations about your thoughts on globalisation
1) How globalised are you as a person today?
2) Is globalisation good or bad or both?
3) What you think the world will look like in 30 years time
4) Are you worried for future generations?
To the people of the future,
Globalisation has played an irreversible role in my life.....