Lesson Four

Intro - Living with Legacies of Globalization

Key Issues
How effectively have people, governments and organizations responded to the legacies of historical globalization?
How does historical globalization continue to affect the world today?

Students will begin this lesson by exploring how people have responded to the legacies of historical globalization by examining the situation of Rwanda, the 1994 Genocide and how individuals and groups have tried to rebuild Rwandan society. As well, students will compare the goals of governments and Indigenous peoples in Canada and South Africa.