Essential Question: What factors give some countries a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution?
Overview In this lesson, students read about the global revolution in information technology (IT) and explore the factors that give countries such as India a comparative advantage in attracting IT jobs. In a Writing for Understanding activity, students participate in simulated Internet searches and online meetings with three people from Bangalore, India: a call center agent, an auto-rickshaw driver, and a software engineer. Students use their notes from these experiences to write a feature article about the impact of the IT revolution on India. Objectives Students will • examine the factors that give India a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution. • investigate the impact of the global IT revolution (outsourcing) on Bangalore, India. • discover factors that cause foreign companies to invest in the United States and the effects of such investment. Geoterms Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: comparative advantage, information technology (IT), outsource, time zone. Essential Question: How might having a valuable natural resource affect a region?
Overview In this lesson, students learn how oil has influenced Southwest Asia. They analyze geographic data to answer a series of critical thinking questions about how oil has affected 10 countries in the region. Classroom discussion is driven by a map of the region that is projected onto a wall. Students read to discover the answers to those questions and then examine other trends in world energy resources. Objectives Students will • understand how oil is formed. • understand how oil is distributed in Southwest Asia. • investigate the effects of large oil reserves on Southwest Asian countries. • explore alternative energy resources. Geoterms Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: crude oil, nonrenewable resource, oil reserves, renewable resource. Essential Question: What forces work for and against supranational cooperation among nations?
Overview In this lesson, students learn about the forces that work for and against supranational cooperation in the European Union. Students read about the unique economic, political, and cultural cooperation within the European Union as well as about other examples of international cooperation. Objectives Students will • analyze a population cartogram of selected European countries. • discuss the forces that unite and divide members of the European Union. • examine other examples of international cooperation. Geoterms Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: centrifugal force, centripetal force, common market, supranational cooperation. Essential Question
How does migration affect the lives of people and the character of places? Overview In this chapter, students learn about the push and pull factors that cause people to migrate to the United States. They assume the roles of seven recent U.S. immigrants and participate in a series of interviews. They then read about the impact of migration on both the United States and the countries that immigrants leave behind. Objectives Students will
Geoterms Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: emigrate, immigrate, migration stream, pull factor, push factor, refugee. Suggested time This lesson will take approximately 1 week |
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