Grade 9 Social Studies
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1. How does globalization affect our lives
here in Atlantic Canada?
2. Should you care about the state of the
world as a result?
3. What can you do to make a difference?
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“Tell Me Why” video
What word comes to your mind to describe
what is going on in this video (noun, verb,
feeling word) Write your word on sticky note
and post it on wall.
What do you think the message of this video
is?
Why do you think that?
1. “Why does our world have to be like this?”
2. Why do we not always help people who need
help?
3. Why do we have to try to solve issues using
violence?
4. As Atlantic Canadians, can we do anything
about the issues in our world? Why or why not?
5. Do these issues have anything to do with us
here in Atlantic Canada?
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globalization
developed countries
developing countries
ramifications
degeneration
foe
sustainability
interdependence
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Outline
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Parent Newsletter
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3-2-1 Bridge
KISH Social Studies website
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Who is benefitting from the globalizing
process?
Who is disadvantaged?
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It doesn't matter how far apart we might be
geographically, economically or culturally,
we're all held tightly together as members of
the human race in an all-embracing web.
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Jobs are leaving many of the developed
nations and moving to developing nations.
The money earned helps those developing
nations move forward – more jobs, cheaper
goods, more profits for research and
development. Everybody wins.
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I interact with other people who live in
different countries when I’m playing
computer games.
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Countries which are open to external
investment are able to develop their
economies to generate incomes from exports
and raise their standards of living.
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Of the world's 7 billion people, 214 million are
migrants, a phenomenon that has
'internationalised' many cities.
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Young people around the world have adopted
international brands and styles without
discrimination. Their clothes are influenced
by their favourite bands, they sing along to
songs they don't understand and support
values that don't belong to them. Culture is
under siege!
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Recently we have seen the collapse of
undemocratic regimes, improvements in
workers' rights, an increase in environmental
awareness and responsibility, and an
increased awareness of fair trade as a result
of advocacy campaigns using social media.
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Sixty-eight million people are served every
day in McDonald’s – 33,000 restaurants in 119
countries worldwide.
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Globalisation has caused important changes
in who makes decisions that affect our lives
as multinational companies have more power
than national governments.
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Differences in local conditions require local
solutions rather than an externally imposed
and globally uniform ‘one size fits all’
solution.
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Write a list of factors that you take into
account when you buy underwear.
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Share Quick Group
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Add additional factors to the group list.
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Diamond Rank the factors according to how
important they are to you.
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Pants To Poverty About Page
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Pants To Poverty Video
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“Despite its social goal, Pants to Poverty …
haven’t strayed far from the more ‘traditional’
ways to market underwear. Their website is
plastered with half-naked, thin, and beautiful
young people.”
(Source: Trendhunter www.trendhunter.com/trends/pants-to-poverty)
Share your ideas about this criticism. Do you believe it
is acceptable to use these sorts of techniques to
publicize a cause to improve the lives of others?
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Brainstorm key themes of globalization
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Key Themes
*economics
*poverty
*environment
*trade
*social media
*mass media
*culture
*trends
*social
*human rights
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Do you think you are in favour of
globalization? Why or why not?
Quick Facts
Does this alter your opinion about
globalization?
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“Globalization: Friend or Foe?”
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PMI Chart
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Design a group web definition of the term
globalization based on everything we have
talked about. What is globalization? What
does that mean?
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Explain 10 ideas that you have about
globalization that shows you understand
what it means.
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What are your links with the rest of the world
as a student living in Atlantic Canada?
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Photo Activity
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Read the following scenarios. What is the
impact on you (or your community, Atlantic
Canada, Canada)?
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Global Effect Chart
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Scenario A: In your local town, one of the
main sources of employment for three
generations has been McCain’s potato
processing plant. The company has recently
decided to close the factory and outsource
the processing of potatoes to another
country.
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Scenario B: Your friend's garage band has
really taken off on YouTube and people from
places as distant as Finland and Ghana are
downloading it.
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Scenario C: You meet someone really nice
while you're on holiday in Bali and can now
keep in touch via Skype.
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Scenario D: The shoes that you really like are
much cheaper via an online shop in America.
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Scenario E: The Canadian Government is
being pressured to decrease the current
annual minimum quota of 60% Canadian
television programming to 45%.
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Scenario F: The company that your father
works for has recently been taken over by a
trans-national corporation with job
opportunities in many parts of the world if he
is prepared to move/relocate.
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Scenario G: A representative from World
Wildlife Fund invites students to become
involved in and advocate to help secure the
future of orangutans.
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Scenario H: Your mother's superannuation
fund has been affected by the Global
Financial Crisis and she is worried that she
won't have enough money when she retires.
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CBC NEWS
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Copy this chart and brainstorm ways each
article could affect us. (Think of the
globalization themes)
EVENT
EFFECT ON
CANADA
EFFECT ON
ATLANTIC
REGION
EFFECT ON ME
Atlantic Canada’s Connection To The World
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Word Wall definitions (globalization, sustainability,
developing country, developed country,
interdependence, gross domestic product, human
development index, ramification)
What are 3 benefits of globalization?
What are 3 disadvantages of globalization?
What does globalization have to do with you?
In your opinion is globalization a friend or a foe?