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 G101 and the Pennsylvania Academic Standards

G101 and the Pennsylvania Academic Standards

 

As shown below, the material on Globalization101.org fits very well into the Pennsylvania Standards for high-school students. Click on the standard below to see the related G101 alignments. Under each standard, click on the links to see sections of the site related to it.


Civics and Government

  • 5.4.9.  GRADE 9 B. Role of United States in World Affairs, E. Purposes and Functions of International Organizations
  • 5.4.12.  GRADE 12 B. Analyze the United States' interaction with other nations and governmental groups in world events and D. Explain how foreign policy is developed and implemented

Economics Grade 10-12

  • 6.2 Markets and the Functions of Government
  • 6.3 Scarcity and Choice
  • 6.4 Economic Interdependence
  • 6.5 Work and Earnings

Geography Grade 10-12

  • 7.3 The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
  • 7.4 The Interactions Between People and Places

History Grade 10-12

  • 8.3 U.S. History
  • 8.4 World History 

Civics and Government Grade 9 & 12

5.4.9.  GRADE 9
B. Role of United States in World Affairs
G101 Resources that address this standard

Trade Issue Brief and Related News Analyses and Related Ask the Experts

  • Liberalization: The "Deregulation" of International Trade
  • News Analysis: Reaction to U.S. Farm Act Highlights Tension Between Domestic Politics and International Obligations
  • News Analysis: U.S. Initiates Ambitious Plan for Middle East Free Trade Area
  • News Analysis: President Bush Lifts Controversial Steel Tariffs
  • News Analysis: U.S. Current Account Deficit Causes Concern Around the Globe
  • News Analysis: U.S. Congress Grants President Trade Promotion Authority
  • News Analysis: U.S. Lawmakers Approve CAFTA
  • News Analysis: Cross-Border Takeovers and Economic Patriotism
  • Ask the Experts: Former Senator and USTR William Brock discusses the Bush Administration Trade Policy
  • Ask the Experts: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Regina Vargo discusses the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Health Issue Brief and Related News Analyses

  • U.S. and the EU: Different Approaches (GMO Debate)
  • News Analysis: U.S. Reverses Course on Key Tobacco Treaty
  • News Analysis: Genetically Modified Organisms Still Source of US-EU Tension
  • News Analysis: Drug Importation and its Impact on the World Pharmaceutical Market

Culture Issue Brief

  • The Influence of U.S. Corporations on Local Mores
  • The Dominance of the American Market
  • Cultural Impacts of Globalization
  • The Canadian Magazine Dispute

Environment Issue Brief and Related News Analyses:

  • Introduction
  • News Analysis: International Climate Accord Ratified by 178 Countries Without U.S. Participation
  • News Analysis: The 2005 Montreal Climate Change Conference

Development Issue Brief:

  • Assistance for Development
  • Institutions of Development

Various News Analyses:

  • United States Announces Intention to Maintain Control Over Internet

E. Purposes and Functions of International Organizations
G101 Resources that address this standard

International Law and Organizations Issue Brief and Related News Analyses

  • Introduction
  • What are the sources of International Law?
  • International Organizations
  • The United Nations system
  • UN Specialized Agencies
  • UN Related Organizations
  • UN Programs and Funds
  • Regional Organizations
  • News Analysis: The Everest of Change....Reforming the United Nations
  • News Analysis: September 2005 UN Report on Global Migration Facility

World Bank and IMF Issue Brief and Related Ask the Experts

  • Introduction
  • The Origins of the IFIs
  • The International Monetary Fund
  • How Does the IMF Achieve Its Goals?
  • Why is the IMF controversial?
  • The World Bank: Structure and Governance
  • The IBRD
  • International Development Association (IDA)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  • International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
  • Why is the World Bank Controversial?
  • Conclusion
  • Ask the Experts: Lawrence Meyer, former Governor for the Federal Reserve Bank

5.4.12.  GRADE 12
B. Analyze the United States' interaction with other nations and governmental groups in world events.
D. Explain how foreign policy is developed and implemented
G101 Resources that address this standard

Various News Analysis:

  • News Analysis: International Climate Accord Ratified by 178 Countries Without U.S. Participation
  • News Analysis: Reaction to U.S. Farm Act Highlights Tension Between Domestic Politics and International Obligations
  • News Analysis: U.S. Initiates Ambitious Plan for Middle East Free Trade Area
  • News Analysis: President Bush Lifts Controversial Steel Tariffs
  • News Analysis: U.S. Current Account Deficit Causes Concern Around the Globe
  • News Analysis: U.S. Congress Grants President Trade Promotion Authority
  • News Analysis: U.S. Lawmakers Approve CAFTA
  • News Analysis: The 2005 Montreal Climate Change Conference
  • News Analysis: Cross-Border Takeovers and Economic Patriotism

    E. Compare the purposes and functions of international organizations. 

    • Governmental (e.g., NATO, World Court, OAS)
    • Non-governmental (e.g., International Red Cross, Amnesty International, World Council of Churches)

    G101 Resources that address this standard

    International Law and Organizations Issue Brief and Related News Analyses

    • Introduction
    • What are the sources of International Law?
    • International Organizations
    • Non-Governmental Organizations
    • The United Nations system
    • UN Specialized Agencies
    • UN Related Organizations
    • UN Programs and Funds
    • Regional Organizations
    • News Analysis: The Everest of Change....Reforming the United Nations
    • News Analysis: September 2005 UN Report on Global Migration Facility

    World Bank and IMF Issue Brief and Related Ask the Experts

    • Introduction
    • The Origins of the IFIs
    • The International Monetary Fund
    • How Does the IMF Achieve Its Goals?
    • Why is the IMF controversial?
    • The World Bank: Structure and Governance
    • The IBRD
    • International Development Association (IDA)
    • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
    • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
    • International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
    • Why is the World Bank Controversial?
    • Conclusion
    • Ask the Experts: Lawrence Meyer, former Governor for the Federal Reserve Bank

     

      Economics Grade 10-12

    6.2 Markets and the Functions of Government
    Standard Statement 6.2.12H:
    Evaluate the economic roles of governments

    Standard Descriptor:

    • Macroeconomics (e.g., tariffs and quotas, exchange rates, trade balance)

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Trade Issue Brief and Related News Analyses:

    • Primer II: Government Regulation of Trade
    • Efforts to Manipulate Trade Flows
    • Import Restrictions
    • Export Subsidies
    • Consequences of Trade Restrictions
    • Tariffs Debates in U.S. History
    • Liberalization: the ‘Deregulation’ of International Trade
    • The Origin of Recent Trade Liberalization Efforts
    • Liberalization of International Trade
    • News Analysis: Disappointing Results at the Hong Kong Ministerial of Doha Rounds
    • News Analysis: Globalization of the Food Supply: Mad Cow Disease & International Trade
    • News Analysis: U.S. Lawmakers Approve CAFTA
    • News Analysis: Dispute Over Aircraft Subsidies Back on WTO Docket
    • News Analysis: New Era Opens in Global Textile & Apparel Trade
    • News Analysis: The Cancún Debacle
    • News Analysis: Proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Free Trade Agreements May Threaten Multilateral Talks
    • News Analysis: President Bush Lifts Controversial Steel Tariffs
    • News Analysis: Long-Running Trade Dispute over U.S. Tax Break May Be Ending
    • News Analysis: New Doha Round "Framework Agreement"
    • News Analylsis: U.S. Congress Grants President Trade Promotion Authority

    6.3 Scarcity and Choice
    Standard Statement 6.3.12C:
    Evaluate the allocation of resources used to produce goods and services

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Investment Issue Brief and Related News Analyses:

    • Why Do Companies Invest Overseas?
    • Factors Influencing Foreign Investment Decisions
    • Efforts to Increase International Investment
    • Export Processing Zones
    • Conclusion
    • The Net Benefits of Global Investment
    • News Analysis: China-The Number One Target For Foreign Direct Investment in 2003
    • News Analysis: OECD Reports Drop in Foreign Direct Investment Affecting Developed and Developing Nations
    • News Analysis: Cross-Border Takeovers and Economic Patriotism

    6.4 Economic Interdependence
    Standard Statement 6.4.12:
    A. Analyze how specialization may increase the standard of living.
    F. Evaluate how trade is influenced by comparative advantage and opportunity costs.

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Trade Issue Brief and Related Lesson Plans:

    • Primer I: The Economics of International Trade
    • Trade Specialization
    • The Theory of Comparative Advantage
    • Comparative Advantage versus Absolute Advantage

    • Lesson Plan on the Theory of Comparative Advantage

    Investment Issue Brief:

    • Positive Effects of Foreign Investment
    • Production Advantages

    C. Evaluate how a nation might benefit by lowering or removing trade barriers.

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Trade Issue Brief:

    • Primer I: The Economics of International Trade
    • Why Do Nations Export?
    • Why Do Nations Import?

    D. Explain how the location of resources, transportation and communication networks and technology have affected international economic patterns

    G101 Resources that Address this Standar

    Definition of Globalization

    • What is Globalization

    Technology Issue Brief:

    • The Impact of Information Technology
    • Financial Markets
    • Benefits
    • Concerns  
    • Lesson Plan: Unit on Technology & Globalization

    Investment Issue Brief and Related News Analysis:

    • Introduction
    • Why Has Foreign Direct Investment Increased So Dramatically in Recent Decades?
    • Where Does Foreign Direct Investment Take Place?
    • News Analysis: Cross-Border Takeovers and Economic Patriotism

    E. Analyze how United States consumers and producers participate in the global production and consumption of goods or services.

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Trade Issue Brief:

    • Trade Challenges for the US
    • The U.S. Trade Balance
    • Public Concerns about trade:
    • Trade and International Labor Standards
    • News Analysis: Job Insecurity and the Welfare State in a Globalized World

    6.5 Work and Earnings
    Standard Statement 6.5.12B:
    Evaluate how changes in education, incentives, technology and capital investment alter productivity.

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Technology Issue Brief:

    • The Impact of Information Technology

    • Industrial Structure and Jobs

    • Ask the Experts: David Vise, Author  of "The Google Story"

    Investment Issue Brief:

    • Positive Effects of Foreign Investment
    • Production Advantages

    Standard Statement 6.5.12E:
    Compare distribution of wealth across nations

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Development Issue Brief

    • Why Are Some Countries Richer Than Others?
    • Geography
    • Culture
    • Property Rights
    • Lack of Freedom
    • Problems of Development Today
    • Assistance for Development

     

     

      Geography Grade 10-12

    7.3 The Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
    Standard Statement 7.3.12A:
    Analyze the significance of human activity in shaping places and regions by their population characteristics.

    Standard Descriptor: 

     

    •

    Impact of movement on human systems (e.g., refugees, guest workers, illegal aliens)

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Migration Issue Brief and Related News Analyses and Ask the Expert

    • Brief History of Migration
    • Post-World War II Migration
    • Migration Today Economic Effects of Migration
    • Cultural Effects of Migration
    • Challenges Ahead
    • EU Enlargement 
    • News Analysis: European Union Adopts New Stance Towards Immigration
    • News Analysis: European Integration and the Proposed EU Constitution in a Globalized World
    • News Analysis: September 2005 UN Report on Global Migration Facility 
    • Ask the Expert: How immigration came to be one of the most political, international issues.

    Standard Statement 7.3.12B:
    Analyze the significance of human activity in shaping places and regions by their cultural characteristics.

    Standard Descriptor:

    • Cultural conflicts (e.g., over language (Canada), over political power (Spain), over economic opportunities (Mexico))
    • Forces for cultural convergence (e.g., the diffusion of foods, fashions, religions, language)

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Culture Issue Brief and Related News Analyses and Lesson Plans

    • Introduction
    • Globalization versus Local Cultures
    • The Influence of U.S. Corporations on Local Mores
    • The Integration of Cultures
    • Reaffirmation of Local Culture
    • A Clash of Civilizations?
    • Culture and Trade Disputes
    • The Canadian Magazine Dispute
    • Cultural Impacts of Globalization
    • Cultural Impact#2: Pop Culture
    • Cultural Impact #3: The Global Village of Ideas
    • Other Cultural Challenges to Globalization
    • Protecting Languages 
    • News Analysis: "Monsoon Wedding" Demonstrates Cultural Impact of Globalization on Many Levels
    • News Analysis: Yao’s Popularity Exemplifies the Globalization of Sports
    • News Analysis: Massively Multiplayer Online Games and the Video Game Revolution
    • News Analysis: The Globalization of Obesity
    • Lesson Plan: Unit on Culture and Globalization
    • Lesson Plan: Unit on Religion and Globalization

    7.4 The Interactions Between People and Places
    Standard Statement 7.4.12B:
    Analyze the impacts of people on physical systems.

    Standard Descriptor:

    • How people develop international agreements to manage environmental issues (e.g., Rio de Janeiro Agreement, the Law of the Sea, the Antarctica Treaty)
    • How local and regional processes can have global effects (e.g., wind and hydroelectric power transmitted across regions, water use and irrigation for crop production)
    • Sustainability of resources (e.g., reforestation, conservation)

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Environment Issue Brief and Related News Analyses:

    • Introduction
    • Globalization and the Environment
    • Are International Trade and Protection of the Environment Enemies?
    • The Tuna-Dolphin Case
    • The Environment and NAFTA
    • The Shrimp-Turtle Case in the New WTO Context
    • The Doha Mandate on the Environment
    • International Environmental Problems and Efforts to Solve Them
    • Loss of Biodiversity
    • Oceans
    • Global Warming
    • Ozone Depletion
    • Desertification
    • Pollution 
    • Conclusion
    • Is Sustainability the Way Forward?
    • News Analysis: The 2005 Montreal Climate Change Conference
    • News Analysis: Russia Joining the Kyoto Protocol
    • News Analysis: Water Forum Discusses "Greatest Challenge of the Twenty-First Century"

     Development Issue Brief

  • Sustainable Development  

     

     History Grade 10-12

    • 8.3 U.S. History
    Standard Statement 8.3.12D:
    Identify and evaluate conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations in United States history from 1890 to Present.

    Standard Descriptor:

    • Immigration and Migration (e.g., anti-immigrant attitudes, quota laws, westward and southward migration)
    • Labor Relations (e.g., rise and decline of industrial unions, free trade agreements, imports impact on domestic employment)

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    Migration Issue Brief:

    • Migration in an Earlier Era of Globalization Economic Effects of Migration
    • The Case of the Philippine Nurses
    • Challenges Ahead
    • Post-9/11 Policies
    • News Analysis: September 2005 UN Report on Global Migration Facility
    • Ask the Experts: Dr. Papademetriou, President of the Migration Policy Institute

    Trade Issue Brief:

    • Liberalization: the ‘Deregulation’ of International Trade
    • Liberalization of International Trade
    • Multilateral Trade Liberalization: The Uruguay Round and the World Trade Organization
    • The Doha "Development" Round: The World Trade Organization's Controversial Agenda
    • Regional Trade Liberalization
    • Trade Challenges for the US
    • Public Concerns About Trade
    • Trade and International Labor Standards  
    • News Analysis: Problems and Progress in the First Year of the WTO Doha Development Round
    • News Analysis: Proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Free Trade Agreements May Threaten Multilateral Talks
    • News Analysis: U.S. Lawmakers Approve CAFTA
    • News Analysis: Disappointing Results at the Hong Kong Ministerial of Doha Rounds
    • News Analysis: Cross-Border Takeovers and Economic Patriotism
    • News Analysis: Job Insecurity and the Welfare State in a Globalized World

    Investment Issue Brief:

    • Positive Effect of Foreign Investment
    • Employment
    • Concerns About Foreign Investment
    • Investment and Labor  

    8.4 World History
    Standard Statement 8.4.12C:
    Evaluate how continuity and change throughout history has impacted belief systems and religions, commerce and industry, innovations, settlement patterns, social organization, transportation and roles of women since 1450.

    Standard Descriptor:

    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Americas
    • Africa

    G101 Resources that Address this Standard

    • What is Globalization?

    Women and Globalization Issue Brief:

    • Introduction
    • Participation in the Economy
    • Representation in the Political Process
    • Modern Day Slavery

    Migration Issue Brief:

    • Why Does Migration Happen?
    • Push Factors
    • Pull Factors
    • Challenges Ahead
    • Human Trafficking
    • U.S. State Department Report on Trafficking Produces Changes
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