Commanding Heights Web Site
Assignment
Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html
STORYLINE
Watch or read the transcript for the following chapters from Episode Three: The New
Rules of the Game.
Write out bullet notes for each chapter (minimum 3 bullets for each).
a. Chapter 3: NAFTA: The First Test
b. Chapter 4: Crossing Borders
c. Chapter 5: The Global Market
d. Chapter 8: The Global Village
e. Chapter 9: China and the Tigers
f. Chapter 10: The Japanese Paradox
g. Chapter 18: The Global Divide
h. Chapter 20: The Bottom End of Globalize
COUNTRIES
Compare and contrast three countries. The three countries should represent countries at
different levels of development.
PEOPLE
Give a brief description of the following people:
a. Adam Smith
b. Karl Marx
c. John Maynard Keynes
d. Margaret Thatcher
IDEAS
Write out a summary for the following essays:
a. Lenin’s Critique of Global Capitalism
b. Reaganomics
c. NAFTA
d. The WTO at Doha