Globalization (eBook)

Carla Mooney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
130 Seiten
Nomad Press (Verlag)
978-1-61930-665-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Is your salad drizzled with olive oil imported from Italy? What country made the car that your parents drive? Globalization connects us today more than ever before, and in ways we never expected, and populations around the world are questioning whether this is a purely beneficial circumstance or if we should take steps to scale back our interrelatedness. Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events delves into the nature and history of interconnected relationships between the governments, businesses, media, and industries all around the world and asks pressing questions about the future.Have you noticed that our planet is becoming increasingly connected? At the supermarket, you can buy food from all around the world, including olive oil from Greece, cheese from France, and coffee from South America. At home, you surf the Internet on a computer made in Asia, reading news from many different countries. Your parents might drive a car made in America, Japan, or Germany while you listen to music from American and Canadian pop stars on the radio. In Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events, kids ages 12 to 15 focus on the definition of globalization, how technology drives globalization, and how globalization affects economies, political systems, human rights, and cultures around the world. The book also explores the future of globalization and discusses issues the global community might face in coming years. For centuries, people from different societies and cultures have made contact with each other and exchanged goods and ideas. Globalization is not a new thing, but in recent years, advances in transportation and technology have made it easier than ever to connect with people everywhere, whether they are sitting next to you on a bus, waiting for you at home, or sitting on a different bus halfway around the globe. Through globalization, the world is becoming more interconnected and interdependent. Is globalization a good thing? Does globalization benefit all world citizens, rich and poor? Or does it only benefit a few, while harming others? In this civics book, middle grade students are encouraged to think critically about how globalization affects local and global communities. Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events teaches students about a crucial topic in a fact-based way that promotes empowerment and understanding. Investigations and hands-on experiments provide students with problem-solving opportunities that help students determine the right balance between the benefits and costs associated with globalization. Projects such as tracking the origins of different objects and devices you might find at home lead readers through an inquiry-based, open-ended investigation with plenty of room to explore individual creativity. Globalization is one book in a set of four that explore great events of the twentieth century. Inquire and Investigate titles in this set include The Vietnam War; World War II: From the Rise of the Nazi Party to the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb; Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events; and The Space Race: How the Cold War Put Humans on the Moon. Nomad Press books in the Inquire & Investigate series integrate content with participation, encouraging older readers to engage in student-directed learning as opposed to teacher-guided instruction. This student-centered approach provides readers with the tools they need to become inquiry-based learners. Common Core State Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and STEM Education all place project-based learning as key building blocks in education. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Consistent with our other series, all of the activities in the books in the Inquire & Investigate series are hands-on, challenging readers to develop and test their own hypotheses, ask their own questions, and formulate their own solutions. In the process, readers learn how to analyze, evaluate, and present the data they collect. As informational texts our books provide key ideas and details from which readers can work out their own inferences. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers.

Autor

Carla Mooney has written more than 70 books for children and young adults. She is the author of several books for Nomad Press, including Terrorism: Violence, Intimidation, and Solutions for Peace; Evolution: How Life Adapts to a Changing Environment; The Holocaust: Racism and Genocide in World War II; and Comparative Religion: Investigate the World through Religious Tradition. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   Sam Carbaugh has illustrated several books for Nomad Press, including Forensics: Uncover the Science and Technology of Crime Scene Investigation and Shakespeare: Investigate the Bard's Influence on Today's World. He wrote and illustrated Comics: Investigate the History and Technology of American Cartooning. Sam lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Inhalt

Timeline

Introduction: The World Cup on a Global Stage

Chapter 1: What Is Globalization?

Chapter 2: Globalization of Trade and Economies

Chapter 3: Globalization of Politics

Chapter 4: Globalization of Law and Human Rights

Chapter 5: Globalization of Culture

Chapter 6: The Future of Globalization

Glossary

Resources

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2018
• Illustrationen: Samuel Carbaugh
• Zusatzinfo: Throughout
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: are you a global citizen • civics books for ages 12-15 • connected economy grades 7-9 • definition of globalization • Economics • education ages 12-15 • future of globalization • globalization affects economies • Globalization of Culture • Globalization of Law and Human Rights • Globalization of Politics • Globalization of Trade and Economies • history ages 12-15 • history grades 7-9 • home school civics resource • home school history • home schooling history textbook • how do intergovernmental organizations work • Human Rights • International law for students • is globalization a good thing • middle school history • middle school world history • nonfiction book ages 12-15 • problem-solving strategies • technology drives globalization • The World Cup on a Global Stage • Trade • what does the World Bank do • what happens during a recession • what is global economy • What is Globalization • what is international law • World Culture • world is becoming increasingly connected
• ISBN-10: 1-61930-665-4 / 1619306654
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61930-665-3 / 9781619306653