Unit 9 Overview Video (11:22)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 04:09 How has the world “globalized”, according to this video?
- 04:32 What does it mean to argue that globalization is “flattening”?
- 04:46 By contrast, what does it mean to argue that globalization is “lumpy”?
- 05:44 What were some horrors of the Second World War that resulted from this extreme nationalism and from authoritarianism?
- 06:34 Does the global economic data from the past 50 to 100 years presented in the video support the idea that the world is becoming more equal, or less equal?
- 09:11 How does the history of Detroit show us both the advantages and disadvantages of globalization?