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Students have important decisions to make about their educations and careers - wouldn’t it be nice if they better understood the forces of globalization and automation first?
Imagine if they could deftly navigate data from the BLS occupational handbook, academic research, and more to gauge salary prospects, the risk of automation, and foreign competition when comparing their options.
Imagine no more: Tyler Cowen and MRU have partnered with Ian Bremmer and Eurasia Group Foundation to build a five-day curriculum that covers globalization, automation, creative destruction, the elephant graph, and more! Then we apply those concepts to help students rethink personal choices of education and career. 100% free.
Here is a playlist of the three videos that are included in this curriculum. Watch your students light up as you use the Avengers, smartphones, and photo apps to explain globalization!
Below is the material for the in-class version of the curriculum (SEE ABOVE for the virtual version). This is a five-day curriculum that assumes 45-minute classes. It is built in a modular way so that you can pick and choose what works for you. We have also provided various levels of difficulty in the assignments. Mix and match!
All the materials are provided as Google Docs. Click the "day" link to see the folder of materials for that day. Inside each day’s folder, you’ll find a lesson plan as well as a subfolder with the worksheets and supplementary documents for the day. Each lesson plan will link directly to all necessary worksheets and supplementary documents in Google Drive.
Note: We have answer keys, but they are not publicly available. If you are a teacher or professor, please scroll down to request access.
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This folder contains the pre-unit assignment, which should be assigned to your students the school-day before you start this unit. We also have a student-facing doc with all the applicable URLs they will use throughout the curriculum.
Essential Question: What is globalization and how universal is it?
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Essential Question: What is creative destruction and what is its relationship to globalization?
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Essential Question: Who benefits most from globalization?
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Essential Question: How will globalization impact labor markets?
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Essential Question: How can we navigate the economy of a globalized world?
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