Quick Write
What do you think you might be doing
four years after finishing high school?
Describe the cultures you might interact
with and how they differ from yours.
(Note to teacher: Use “Pick a Student “ button in CPS)
Introduction
Culture:
 language, ideas, beliefs,
customs, codes,
institutions, tools,
techniques, works of
art, rituals and
ceremonies, among
other elements
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Melanie Stetson Freeman / © 2007 The Christian
Science Monitor
Cultural Understanding
 Important to understand
similarities & differences
 Binds together
 Separates them
 Examples: work, respect
for elders—religion,
holidays, traditions
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Andy Nelson / © 2003 The Christian
Science Monitor
Economics
 study of the production and distribution of
goods and services, and their management.
Mark Sappenfield / © 1997 The
Christian Science Monitor
Four stages of economic
development
Hunting, pastoral, agricultural, industrial
Major economic systems:
1. Feudalism
Mercantilism
Communism
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Capitalism
CPS Questions (1)
2. An economic system in which property belongs to everyone and work
is organized for the benefit of everyone is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Capitalism
Feudalism
Mercantilism
Communism
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Trade or commerce
 buying and selling of goods and
services. Some trade is barter,
but most traders use money
 World Trade Agreements :
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WTO (World Trade Organization )
EU (EUROPA)
NAFTA
Introduction
Melanie Stetson Freeman / © 1997 The Christian
Science Monitor
Environmental Concerns, Natural
Resources, and Global Growth
 Rachel Carson wrote
The Silent Spring in
1962
 Resource needs can
lead to tension & war;
oil has been at the
center of conflicts for
the past few decades
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Robert Harbison / © 2003 The Christian
Science Monitor
Ethics, Religion, Poverty,
Wealth, and Human Rights
 World Views Affect Attitude
 Foreign aid: govt efforts to
help poor in other countries
 Self-determination:
principle that the people of a
territory should decide how it
is to be governed
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Robert Harbison / © 1991 The Christian
Science Monitor
Education and Outsourcing
 Education effects
culture and
development
 Literacy rates are a good
index of a country’s
overall success
 Outsourcing impacts
development
 Outsourcing – the
procurement of goods
and services from an
outside supplier
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Melanie Stetson Freeman / © 2003 The
Christian Science Monitor
Learning Check
CPS Questions (3 - 4)
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Activity 2: The Impact of Global
Communication and Trade
Imagine this situation: You are eating breakfast at
home one morning. The front page of the
newspaper states: All of the ports and airports in
the U.S. have closed down.
All means of communication (TV, Internet, radio,
etc.) with the outside world have been cut off.
The government has announced that we will have
to survive in this country for the next few months
on what we produce ourselves. There will be no
imports or exports of any kind.
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Activity 2: The Impact of Global
Communication and Trade, cont.
1. If you were in this situation, what impact
would these events have on you?
2. What products and services would you have
to do without?
3. How well do you think you and your family
could manage?
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Activity 3: Future Global Issues
1. Do you think the global issues discussed in
this lesson will still be issues in 10 years?
2. What do you think will be the top global
issue in 10 years?
3. Why?
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Technology Enrichment: Global
Awareness Web Scavenger Hunt
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Where is the headquarters of the WTO?
How many countries are members of the WTO?
In what civilization did coffee originate as a beverage?
What is the world’s population today?
What is the population of the U.S. today?
Bonus Question: According to the World Bank, 16 of the
world’s 20 most polluted cities are in what country?
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Global Awareness Objectives
pg 4-23
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Explain how global cultures impact interactions &
relationships between groups
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Know the significance of global economics, trade, and
markets
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Know how the effects of global growth raise
environmental concerns over natural resources
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Comprehend how ethics, religion, poverty, wealth, and
views of human rights influence people
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Know how changes in technology and education
influence the competition for jobs
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Review
 Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs,
customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques,
works of art, rituals and ceremonies, among
other elements
 Four major economic systems are: Feudalism,
Mercantilism, Capitalism, Communism
 Trade, or commerce, is the buying and selling of
goods and services
 World Trade Agreements include NAFTA, the
European Union, and the World Trade
Organization
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Review Questions
CPS Questions (5 - 6)
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Review, cont.
 Rachel Carson wrote The Silent Spring in 1962
to show the damage chemicals and pesticides
can do
 Foreign aid is most effective when it goes to
people “on the ground” rather than governments
 A current global issue is global rights
 Literacy rates are a good index of a country’s
overall success
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