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Framing Consequences

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WORLDHISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS/ LESSON 6.1CLOSERFRAMING CONSEQUENCESUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Framing Consequences,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeExamining the consequences of increasing global connections through the three course frames—networks, production and distribution, and communities—will help you make sense of both global shifts and local impacts.ProcessFor each table:•Read the consequences and decide which frame (communities,networks, or production and distribution) they belong to.•Identify whether each consequence had a positive, negative, or mixed impact.•Watch out! One consequence in each tableis not true. Cross it out with an X.Frame:ConsequenceResult (circle one)Exchange of knowledge, religions, and technologies across continents.Positive Negative MixedSpread of diseases like smallpox and measles through newly connected routes.Positive Negative MixedPeople from the Americas began regularly sailing to Europe and Asia to establish their own trade colonies.Positive Negative MixedExpansion of global trade routes connecting Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.Positive Negative MixedIncreased migration and forced movement of people.Positive Negative MixedFrame:ConsequenceResult (circle one)Introduction of new crops such asmaizeandpotatoesboosted global food supplies.Positive Negative Mixed
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS/ LESSON 6.1CLOSERFRAMING CONSEQUENCES2Development of plantation systems and use of forced labor to mass-produce goods such assugarand tobacco.Positive Negative MixedEmergence of newfinance systems and joint-stock companies to fund trade.Positive Negative MixedSilvermined in the Americas was stored underground to prevent inflation in European economies.Positive Negative MixedFrame:ConsequenceResult (circle one)European settlers in the Americas adopted Indigenous forms of government and fully integrated them into colonial rule.Positive Negative MixedCollapse or destruction of Indigenous societies such as theIncaand Aztecas a result ofconquest and disease.Positive Negative MixedBlending of cultures creatednew, hybrid societies in the Americas.Positive Negative Mixed