Globalization
The world didn’t “go viral” overnight. Though the first global system emerged 500 years ago, in the last century, global connections have reached an all-time high. These classroom-ready resources help students trace the rise of global systems and analyze how increased interconnection brings both new opportunities and complex challenges.
How to Teach Globalization: Tools for Teachers
Historical Thinking Skills Guide
Understanding globalization requires the ability to analyze causation and continuity and change over time. Find tips for developing these skills in your students.
Blog: Teaching Globalization and Our Connected World
Follow the story of globalization in a learning arc that spans the Silk Roads to today.
Graphic Biographies Guide
Help your students get the most meaning out of graphic biographies with guidance on how to read these unique visual texts.
Teaching About Globalization and Trade
Check out teacher-approved resources on trade, tariffs, and globalization.
Teach Tomorrow: Lessons on Globalization
Lesson 6.5
Globalization
When did globalization begin? That’s a big question, but Big History gives students the right tools. Let’s explore the long history of global interconnections, beginning with the Columbian Exchange and accelerating through industrialization.
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Lesson 9.4
The Great Acceleration
After 1945, our world changed faster than ever. The global population has more than tripled in just 70 years, as advances in technology, medicine, and food production revolutionized the way we live and connect.
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Globalization Activities and Resources for Deeper Learning
Geography: Supply Chain
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Geography: Supply Chain
You can buy clothes, food, and technology that’s made thousands of miles away. Time to research how all that stuff gets to you.
Goods Across the World
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Goods Across the World
From your phone to a cup of coffee, thousands of people around the world are part of the design, production, distribution, marketing, and support of things you use every day.
Follow the Product
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Follow the Product
Where did your shoes come from? No, not the store. Where did they really come from? Time to find out!
Ugandan Migrants
Graphic Biographies
Ugandan Migrants
Meet two Ugandan women who are among the millions of migrants who leave their homes, seeking work and new opportunities.
The Great Acceleration
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The Great Acceleration
This article introduces the idea of the Great Acceleration—a dramatic surge in technological advances since 1945.
Green Revolution
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Green Revolution
The Green Revolution saved billions of people from starvation as we transformed the ways we farm to feed growing populations.
Resources to Connect Climate Change and Globalization
Globalization and Climate Change Lesson Plan
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Globalization and Climate Change Lesson Plan
Bring climate change education into your globalization lessons with this ready-to-use lesson plan.
Green Premiums: The Extra Cost to Decarbonize
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Green Premiums: The Extra Cost to Decarbonize
What’s a green premium? Why does it matter? Explore the concept that has a big impact when it comes to addressing climate change.
Who Caused Climate Change?
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Who Caused Climate Change?
Explore historical, current, and per capita emissions to determine which nations have the most responsibility to act.
Writing Assessments to Practice Globalization
Pre-Writing: Globalization
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Pre-Writing: Globalization
Get ready for writing by crafting a claim and gathering supporting evidence to evaluate the pros and cons of globalization.
DBQ Sources: Globalization
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DBQ Sources: Globalization
Analyze these sources and gather evidence to support your argument.
Writing: Globalization
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Writing: Globalization
Time to write! Demonstrate your understanding of the impacts of globalization by creating a written argument in response to the prompt.
