2. Discuss with a partner at your table.
Global Marketplace
“It’s a Small World”
The world is getting smaller
GlobalVillage
Cultural Diffusion

3. LearningGoal 1: Define globalization, compare global trade patterns over
time and analyze the benefits and challenges of globalization.

6.  Question of the Day:
 How is this music video an example of
globalization?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

7.  Related GeographicTerms:
 Interdependence
 Global village
 import/export
 information age
QUESTION OFTHE DAY:
What does GLOBALIZATION mean?
 outsourcing,
 free trade agreements
 Interdependence
 Americanization

9. sounds like
examples
definition
1. Write down words
that go with the
concept
2. Think of examples
3. Create your
definition
4. You have 2 minutes.

10.  NationalGeographic Definition:

11. How have people connected through trade in the past? How has
globalization changed over time and how has it impacted people?

13.  Open the “NatGeo Globalization Article” from
SchoolTown.
 Click on the website link at the top of the document.
 Your task is to:
 Look at each picture AND read each caption.
 Read the article on globalization (below the
pictures).
 Answer all the questions provided on the handout
past.
 You have 20 minutes.

14. • Influx of outsourcing & industrialization
• Shifting from primary to higher level
activities
Economic
• Increased air & water pollution
• Technology shapes environment
(infrastructure projects)
Environmental
• Increased cultural diffusion & convergence
• Increased standards of living
Social

15. The benefits and challenges that East & SoutheastAsia face

16. BENEFITS
 High rates of
industrialization
 Improved standards of
living
 Increased development &
job opportunities
 Creation of trade
organizations (ASEAN)
CHALLENGES
 Increased diffusion causes
loss of local culture
 Limited regulations of
environment, product
quality, treatment of
workers
 Outsourcing reduces
employment in other
places

17.  Where do you stand?
 Do you believe that globalization is good or
bad? Or somewhere in between? Justify your
response by including facts from today’s
class.
 Try to write at least 1 full paragraph (4-5
sentences) as your response. A long response
would also be welcomed!