Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace globalization?

Related Issue 3: To what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people?

General Outcome: Students will understand economic, environmental, and other contemporary effects of globalization.

Values and Attitudes

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3.1 recognize and appreciate multiple perspectives that exist with respect to the relationships among economics, politics, the environment, and globalization

3.2 recognize and appreciate effects of globalization on the interdependent relationships among the economy, the people, and the environment

Knowledge and Understanding

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3.3 explore various understandings of contemporary economic globalization

3.4 identify foundations of contemporary globalization (Bretton Woods Conference)

3.5 identify factors contributing to the expansion of globalization since World War II (international agreements, international organizations, media and transportation technologies, transnational corporations)

3.6 examine the political and economic challenges and opportunities of globalization (trade liberalization, foreign investment, economic growth, outsourcing, knowledge economy)

3.7 explore the effect on relationships among people, the land, and globalization (spirituality, stewardship, sustainability, resource development)

3.8 analyze the effect of actions and policies associated with globalization on the environment (land and resource use, resource development agreements, environmental legislation)

3.9 examine multiple perspectives on sustainability and prosperity in a globalizing world

Dimensions of Thinking

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S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:

  • analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
  • determine relationships among multiple sources of information
  • determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence, or reliability
  • suggest likely outcomes based on factual information
  • evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
  • determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
  • identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
  • analyze current affairs from various perspectives
  • identify main ideas underlying a position or issue

S.2 develop skills of historical thinking:

  • understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
  • analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause-and-effect relationships
  • compare and contrast historical narratives
  • identify and describe the effect of significant historical periods and patterns of change on society today
  • understand the difference between historical facts and historical interpretations
  • compare alternative historical narratives
  • develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and contemporary evidence
  • describe how changes in technology can benefit or harm society
  • use current, reliable information sources from around the world

S.3 develop skills of geographic thinking:

  • analyze the ways in which physical and human geographic features influence world events
  • draw conclusions from maps and other geographical sources
  • locate, gather, interpret, and organize information, using historical maps
  • assess the effect of human activities on the land and the environment
  • use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases

S.4 skills of decision making and problem solving:

  • demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems, formulate positions
  • use inquiry processes to make decisions and solve problems
  • apply ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
  • describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
  • use appropriate tools and materials to accomplish a plan of action

Social Participation

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S.5 demonstrate skills of cooperation, conflict resolution, and consensus building:

  • demonstrate leadership by persuading, compromising, and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
  • make meaningful contributions to discussions and group work
  • identify behaviours and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural understanding
  • consider the needs and perspectives of others
  • identify and use various strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
  • demonstrate cooperativeness in groups to solve problems

S.6 develop age-appropriate behaviour for social involvement as responsible citizens contributing to their community:

  • demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that will enhance the well-being of self and others in the community
  • promote and respect the contributions of team members when working as members of a team
  • cooperate with others for the well-being of the community

Research for Deliberative Inquiry

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S.7 apply the research process:

  • develop and express an informed position on an issue
  • develop conclusions based upon evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
  • use research tools and methods to investigate issues
  • consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
  • revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
  • select relevant information when conducting research
  • cite sources correctly to respect the ownership and integrity of information
  • use calendars, time management, or project management software to assist in organizing the research process
  • plan and perform searches, using digital sources
  • generate understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process

Communication

S.8 demonstrate skills of oral, written, and visual literacy:

  • communicate effectively in various situations
  • engage in respectful discussion
  • use various oral, written, and visual sources to present informed positions on issues
  • ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints on an issue
  • make respectful and reasoned comments on the topic of discussion
  • use technology to compose, revise, and edit text
  • employ technologies to adapt information for context (situation, audience, and purpose)

S.9 develop skills of media literacy:

  • assess the authority, reliability, and validity of electronically-accessed information
  • analyze the validity of various points of view in media messages
  • analyze information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
  • analyze the effect of various forms of media
  • demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically-accessed information