Objective: Students will examine human impact on their environment Essential Question: Is it progress when humans change their environment Lang Obj: Students will record key vocabulary and discuss in small groups SCALE: LOCAL TO GLOBAL

QUIZ REVIEW REREAD NOTES FROM WEDNESDAY, HIGH LIGHT OR STAR MAIN IDEAS AND SUMMARIZE

 Possibilism-  Explain the alterations the Dutch did in the Netherlands CULTURAL ECOLOGY QUIZ

 Local vs Global Scale  Local we see neighborhoods in cities and unique features  Global is the entire world we see broad patterns  “Must think and act both global and local”  Explain humans at all scales  Global patterns such as population growth, religion area, industry attraction INTRO

 Globalization: action or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope  Connectedness of the world, no one lives in isolation  Means the scale of the world is shrinking (not size!) easy to interact with people all over the world now, as it is more uniform, integrated, and interdependent  Supply and demand is influenced by global factors  Lead to  Transnational corporation- conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries GLOBALIZATION OF ECONOMY

 Globalization has lead to local specialization  Each place play a distinctive role based on local assets  Mines, educated tech workers, massive cheap labor  Global companies need to identify the optimal location for all of their activities. LOCAL STILL MATTERS

DENSO Q’S

 Notice the increasingly uniform cultural around the world  Fast food, gas stations, retail chains  Despite local culture everyone wants a nice car, tv, and house  Local culture threatened by Nike, Coke Cola, and McDonald’s  Africa example: are moving away from local religion for Christianity and Islam  Globalization requires common communication: English  GLOBALIZATION OF CULTURE

 Locals can still support their beliefs with local tv programing  Intolerance can develop as cultural traditions are threatened  Lead to war in Southeast Europe, East Africa, and Middle East  9/11 attack on World Trade Center, the symbol of U.S domination of globalized economy  Afghanistan Taliban leaders banned tv, restricting women's activities, and allowed public flogging  Poverty creates a barrier to globalized assets. OPPOSITION TO GLOBALIZATION

Jig Saw: 20 min In groups of two you will be given a reading explaining a concern with globalization You are to create a paper sized summary poster highlighting 1.The main idea 2.A picture to support 3.The most important quote from the reading 4.A question to ask the author 5.Begin to think about if you believe Globalization is a good or bad event IS GLOBALIZATION A BAD THING?

 Using the Expository rubric Do you think Globalization is a good or bad event?  Be sure to include a topic sentence, quote (explain its importance) and a conclusion  Spectrum Debate to follow  Give your self a number 1 Globalization is bad to 10 its awesome GLOBALIZATION WRITE UP