Economic Foundations

Section 2 - Economic Foundations (___/10)

Events Leading to the Development of Contemporary Economic Globalization

Examine the event in context of the world after the Second World War. Follow these steps to complete your task:

Step 1: Examine and analyze a selected event from your previous reading and the time period of this event. 

When you Read pages 209 to 213 in Perspectives on Globalization. This gave you an introduction to the four events considered critical to the expansion of economic globalization.

Step 2: Deconstruct one event and the issues of the time period.

Step 3: Research the key economic, political, and social issues and events that emerged globally after the end of the Second World War. Your reading provides some ideas of issues you may want to research further.

Step 4: Identify the key cause or motivator of the event you selected.

Step 5: Mash the event with the underlying conditions at the time.

Mashing is the mixing of two media and/or types of content. You may use technology to create a digital mash-up or a paper version that combines understandings of the event with the underlying issues and events of the time period.

Scoring Criteria: Events Leading to the Development of Contemporary Economic Globalization

(10 marks)