Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900
Teacher Resources
Driving Question: How have global movements for equality changed social and political structures over time?
Where we are does not necessarily define who we are. How we identify ourselves has evolved considerably as the world has become more interconnected. Modern societies are woven together with long-distance relationships, frequent migrations, and shifting ethnic, national, and religious affiliations. Since 1200, a lot has changed about who we think we are and where we think we should be. But a lot has stayed the same. In this section, you’ll examine some of the identity-driven conflicts in our modern world, exploring what happens when new identities collide with old traditions.
Learning Objectives
- Explain how social categories, roles, and practices have been maintained and challenged over time.
- Use close reading skills to investigate the role international organizations play in our globalized world and how people have responded to increasing globalization.
What are rights and where do they come from? These questions will help you reflect on people’s rights in our global community.
Does everyone benefit equally from globalization? Those who support globalization argue that it creates freedom and prosperity. But all around the world, many workers have had to shoulder the burdens of a world economy.
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A good classroom move here is to have students brainstorm how ideas travel and the mechanisms by which they are changed: speeches, protests, legal cases, churches and religious messaging, student groups, media, social media, education, and international organizations. Keep a full-class list and ask students to think about what messaging has changed the way they think. This is a good way to emphasize the role of networks in changing international norms.
Although great strides have been made to achieve social justice and racial equality, there is still a long road ahead.
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Globalization has often threatened cultural heritage and sovereignty. These materials explore how Indigenous and formerly colonized communities have pushed back by reclaiming the past and protecting the future.
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Discussions about feminism and equal rights aren’t new, but they have changed over time. Investigate how feminist thought has evolved from antiquity to the present.
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Did you know? The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child became the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. This is a good fact to help students understand that human rights language continued to expand to new areas as it was debated long after the 1945 UDHR.
As globalization has spread in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the concept of human rights has spread along with it. In theory, that’s a good thing. But, as with globalization, the practice of protecting human rights has often been more “lumpy” than universal.
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This activity is AP-teacher approved! “This is a great resource for illustrating the relevance of course content. Students investigate six UN Sustainable Development Goals, select one that resonates with them, and develop a realistic action plan, building research skills while fostering a sense of global responsibility and civic engagement.”
The United Nation (UN) created a list of goals intended to make the world a healthier place to live in terms of climate, social justice, and overall economic and social equality. Choose one of these goals and explore what would need to be done to support it.
Does national identity bring people together? Or can it be a divisive force? This article focuses on nationalism and transnationalism in our contemporary world, and how it impacts communities around the globe.
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This is the last claim-testing activity in the course. Be sure to provide feedback to your students using this form.
“Overall, globalization is good.” That’s quite the claim! Test it, and other claims, as you bring together all that you’ve learned about globalization.
Indigenous Americans have played an important role in globalization since the beginning of the Columbian Exchange. Cultural and economic influences flowed both ways across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This video addresses some misconceptions about globalization and explores how the processes of globalization affected indigenous communities.
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