Study Guides & Summaries
Globalization - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall: This resource summarizes the development of industrialized nations, the formation of our global economy, the social & environmental challenges, the advances in science & technology, & the threats to global security in our globalized world. It includes graphic organizers, review questions, & bolded vocabulary terms after each 3 to 4 paragraph summary for students to summarize the main ideas of the passage.
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Global History & Geography Regents Review Packet - Unit 7 from John Russo at White Plains High School: This Google Doc summarizes how after WWII the world moved toward globalization in an outline format, making note of important vocabulary, events, concepts, & people.
Global History & Geography Regents Review Packet - Unit 8 from John Russo at White Plains High School: This Google Doc summarizes current social, environmental, & technological issues facing the world in our now globalized age in an outline format, making note of important vocabulary, events, concepts, & people.
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Turning Point - The Green Revolution, & Turning Point - War on Terrorism: These wiki pages overview the the Green Revolution & the War on Terrorism.
Interactive or Audio Guided Map Tours for the European Union (EU), Health of the World, World Distribution of Weapons of Mass Destruction, & World Oil Consumption from Prentice Hall: These websites use maps to illustrate aspects of globalization. They ask students to explore the maps and or listen to the descriptions of globalization in multiple areas, and after, are prompted to respond to study questions.
Interactive US Economy Timeline from Annenberg Learner: This resource allows students to examine how the US economy was affected by key events in US/World History from 1907 to 2011 as the globalized economy developed. This resource also explores how economic aspects are a part of national/global security.
Interactive Timeline on the Development of the European Union (EU) from Annenberg Learner: This resource points to events that show how since 1949 European countries have worked to foster unity between their countries, ultimately leading to the creation of the EU.
Interactive Timeline on Global Politics from Annenberg Learner: This interactive timeline, shown from the perspective of the U.S., shows students how security concerns, economic concerns, international commitments, & nation building/democratizing efforts have evolved as a result of globalization since 1775.
Human Footprint Interactive Activity from National Geographic: This resource allows students to learn about the environmental, economic, and health consequences of their food choices. It offers cross-cultural comparisons, a "behind the scenes" look with video explanations, & facts surrounding each choice & its footprint.
"What the World Eats" Interactive Graphs from National Geographic: This resource allows students to learn about how dietary patterns & meat consumption around the world have changed in the last 50 years globally & by country. This will allow students to ask questions about global food insecurity, unequal access to manufactured goods, & the environmental impact of our diets.
Interdependence, Multinational Corporations, & Dependency Theory from Allen Sens at the University of British Columbia, Globalization Easily Explained from Explainity, & Globalization from Edeos Digital Education YouTube Videos: These videos overview the concept of globalization, its benefits, & its negative consequences. The videos from Allen Sans, while use advanced vocabulary, advanced economic concepts, & may be more difficult to understand, very clearly explain the concepts of interdependence, multinational corporations, & dependency theory (which results in global inequality) in detail, all of which are essential to understanding globalization.
Vocabulary
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Global Concerns Wiki: This wiki page overviews the major global concerns facing our global society as a result of globalization. This resource includes descriptions of concepts & definitions of vocabulary words throughout.
Globalized Economy I, Globalized Economy II, Changing World & Globalization, & Globalization & the Economy from Quizlet: Vocabulary sets where students can view vocabulary terms in list format or practice memorization with the study feature.
Self Tests
Self Tests on the Industrialized Nations, Global Economy, Social & Environmental Challenges, Science & Technology, & Threats to Global Security in the Globalized Age from Prentice Hall: These websites offer students the oppurtunity to take self-assessments on the topics above in either an interactive ("Know it? Show it") or a traditional multiple choice ("Progress Monitoring Online") format.
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Track A Current Events Quiz & Track B Current Events Quiz: These wiki pages offer quizzes on current events. Students can take the quiz & then view their results at the end without entering their personal information. Because globalization is a concept that has many themes & components, some of these resources include material from other topics.
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