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Webunit Globalisation

Unterrichtsbeispiel: Der neue Bildungsplan für die Kursstufe: „Der Mensch im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Fortschritt – Globalisation“. Ulrike Selz, Seminar für Schulpädagogik Freiburg

1. Getting the basics – net search and jigsaw information

1.1 Net search

http://www.globalisationguide.org/index.htm
Find out information on the following aspects:

possible definitions of the term
Do you think this source gives you reliable information on the issue of globalisation? What are your reasons?

1.2 Jigsaw information:

In groups of six decide which of you wants to work on the respective aspects. Find out the relevant information in one lesson and think about a way of presenting your findings to your group. In the following lesson present your findings. Each group member has to make sure that she/he has got all the relevant information from the other group members and the aspects they have worked on.

historical roots/precedents
arguments against globalisation
the organisations behind the arguments against globalisation
arguments for globalisation
the organisations behind the arguments for globalisation
the cultural impact of globalisation

2. More information: the IMF and effects of globalisation – net search and information stock exchange

2.1 Net search

http://www.journoz.com/global/
(This site links to a range of key organisations for globalisation - banks, regional and world organisations, governments and think tanks - as well as to watchdog sites critical of globalisation. There are also links to sites which provide material relevant to globalisation studies and international affairs.)
go to...

Banking Institutions

What is the IMF and what is its function?

Can you see why the IMF meets with a lot of opposition from its critics?

crises

world development report

which effects of globalisation on the world economy in this millenium are assumed?

development

Human Development Report

Which factors are taken as quality of life indicators? Do you think this is a reasonable choice?

Choose three countries that you are interested in and compare them.

2.2 Information stock exchange

Choose three aspects of globalisation that you feel confident talking about and write each of them on a green card. Then choose three aspects that you need more information about and write each of them on a red card. Walk about and look for someone who can answer your questions. When this person has answered your question take her/his green card. After 30 minutes put all the cards on the board:

the matched cards under the heading “turnover”
the green cards under the heading “offer”
the red cards under the heading “demand”

Discuss all the open questions in class with the help of your teacher or do more detailed research at home.

3. Critics of globalisation – net search, team work and presentation, hot chair

3.1 Net search

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/world_lectures/index.shtml
(BBC World Service Lectures: challenging the global order. Four invited guests question who really runs the world. In full text and audio - or as summaries of the key points in each lecture. )

Summarize Dr Hanan Ashrawi´s point of view. Decide which member of your group is going to present your findings to the class.
Summarize Prof Ali Mazrui´s point of view. Decide which member of your group is going to present your findings to the class.
Summarize Dr Sergei Karaganov´s point of view. Decide which member of your group is going to present your findings to the class.
Summarize Kishore Mahbubani´s point of view. Decide which member of your group is going to present your findings to the class.

3.2 Hot Chair

There are persons among you who feel very strongly about the issue of globalisation. These might be: a chairman of the IMF, an OXFAM worker, a Greenpeace activist, the CEO of an international company etc. You prepare questions for each of these people. Find volunteers or draw lots who is going to represent these people. Then interview one at a time.

4. Rags and riches: the impact of globalisation on the garment industry in Asia – net search, fishbowl and talkshow

4.1 Net search

Find out information on the following aspects:

Working conditions in the clothing industry.
The impact of globalisation on the fashion industry.

4.2 Fishbowl

“ I´m not interested in working conditions in the garment industry in Asia – I want to wear affordable clothes.”

Form a group which finds arguments for this opinion and a group which finds arguments against this opinion. This does not have to be your own opinion!
Draw lots and send two persons from your group into the fishbowl.
The four people in the fishbowl discuss.
After one minute one of you takes over from one of the people in the fishbowl.

4.3 Talkshow

“European countries profit from bad working conditions in the garment industry in Asia.”

Decide who is going to be the two talkshow hosts/hostesses.
The others find arguments in a pro and a con group.
Draw lots to send two persons from each group to the talkshow.
Invent identities for them.
The talkshow´s time limit is 15 minutes.
The talkshow guests can also participate in the discussion.

5. Taking it a step further – individual research into local firms operating worldwide

6. Article: Whole Latte Shakin´, TIME, 9 April 2001

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pre-reading activity: students find in small groups words for the semantic field: business vocabulary
while-reading activity: reading technique: skimming, underlining most important passages, note-taking, giving a summary
post-reading activity: text production: a group of German coffee-shop owners writes a letter to the editor of a local newspaper complaining about the impending opening of a local Starbucks outlet
post-reading activity: communication: panel discussion at Starbucks´ (pro/con arguments prepared in groups): “Our project for next year: opening outlets in three Italian cities.”

7. Poem: Louis MacNeice: Solitary Travel

Quelle: SXC

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