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The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, and the World Trade Organization: A Help or Hindrance to Developing Countries?
Eleventh graders study the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. They collaborate in small groups to research and explore perspectives of each group, identify objectives of each group and key arguments...
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Outsourcing Jobs to Other Countries: Is Globalization a Threat to American Workers?
Pupils analyze the effects of outsourcing. In this globalization lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries. Pupils respond to discussion questions and...
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International Trade
Students share ideas on international trade. They research Canadian trade agreements and European protectionism. finally students evaluate advantages and disadvantages of different topics associated with international trade.
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Identifying Reasons for World Trade
Young scholars examine the advantages and disadvantages of world trade. They participate in a class discussion of international trade, read a handout about a specific country, and in small groups label a map with agricultural commodity...
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Global Issues
Students explore the ways that local, national, and global events are interconnected. They identify current issues at a local and global level, identify organizations that seek to improve conditions in other countries, and examine the...
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World Oil Reserves and Trade Routes
Students analyze the global distribution of natural resources to determine the relationship of resource availability to international problems and issues. They explain how the uneven distribution of resources can result in global...
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Blocking Trade, or Blocking Aid?
Students examine various foreign conflicts in which the United States intervened, focusing on the causes of the conflicts, the United States' justification for entering the conflicts, and the outcomes of these interventions.
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Global History and Geography Examination: June 2014
Want to test pupils' knowledge of world events? The assessment addresses global history, such as the ideas of the enlightenment, trade, and geography in five different sections. Pupils answer multiple choice, document-based items, and...
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International Trade
Students, through lecture and discussion, examine the mechanics of exchange in world markets and then at some of the issues nations face as a result of the international character of trade. They participate in an activity that...
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Trade and the Global Economy
Students discuss the role of trade and a global economy. As a class, they identify the costs and benefits of trade and how it is being questioned in today's society. They discover what is imported to the United States and the role of...
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Globalization
In this globalization worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with global warning and phrases connected to it.
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Why Nations Trade
Students examine how international trade affects a nation's economy. They read and analyze two handouts, research a scenario from the handout, determine the chronological order of the scenarios, and answer questions about a case study.
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Lesson Plan on the U.S. Trade Deficit
Students examine the U.S. trade deficit. In this global economics lesson, students read excerpts of selected articles and analyze economic reports to identify the implications of having a deficit. Discussion questions are provided.
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World Trade Organization
Young scholars determine if the social and political consequences of free trade outweigh the economic benefits through case studies. They determine of the World Trade Organization willingly or unwillingly aids in neo-colonial...
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Trade Winds
In this trade winds instructional activity, students complete multiple choice questions on trade winds and how they affect the weather. Students complete 3 questions.
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Why Nations Trade
Students explore the concept of international trade. In this economics instructional activity, students read the 2 provided handouts about international trade and then discuss their content.
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International Trade Reality Worksheet
In this international trade learning exercise, students respond to 21 short answer questions regarding free trade, trade deficits, and trade balance.
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Globalization - Lesson Plan: Flexible Number of 1 Hour Lessons
Students study the scope of international economics especially as it relates to trade issues. They examine the development of international economy and examine the costs and/or benefits of globalization as they develop a presentation.
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Trading in the Silk Roads Cities
Students explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining products of various locations along the route, production, influences of resources and environment, challenges of transportation, and economic exchange; students then...
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The IMF, Money, International Trade and Cooperation
Students study the role of the International Money Fund and develop an understanding of international trade. They investigate learning in a cooperative atmosphere.
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Causation-Exploration and World Trade
Students investigate spice trade. For this world history lesson, students identify various spices in jars and their places of origin. Students listen to a lecture on how spices came to countries in Europe. Students complete a source...
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International Trade, Part I, Protectionism
In this economics worksheet, high schoolers define economic terms related to international trade and diagram domestic trade problems.
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Crafting a Fair Climate Agreement
Evaluate the effectiveness of Kyoto Protocol in addressing the issue of global warming. In this global warming lesson, learners compare the pros and cons of the cap-and-trade system versus a carbon tax, as well as other possible...
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The U.S. and Iran: Confronting Policy Alternatives
High schoolers examine the relationship between the United States and Iran. In this global issues lesson plan, students research policy options the U.S. can take regarding Iran's desire to build more nuclear weapons.