Teacher's Guide - The Curriculum Project

Economic Globalisation (cont’d)Ask students to read through the seven advantages of globalisation. Givethem 10-15 minutes. Ask them to write down any words that they don’tknow. Elicit these words in turn. Ask if they, or other students can guess themeaning (give them some clues if necessary). If not, give them a dictionaryto look it up and tell the class, or tell them yourself.Groupwork1. Memory game. Split the class into groups of 3-5. Give each group a numberof a name. In their groups, with their Student’s Books closed, they must try toremember as many of the advantages of globalisation as possible. They donot need to remember the exact words, just the concepts. One studentshould write a list on a piece of paper (and add the group’s name). Givethem 5-10 minutes to think and write. Check that there is no cheating!When the time is up, ask each group to swap their piece of paper with anothergroup. Then ask each group in turn to read out the list that they received.Give each team one point for each correct answer. Have any of the teamsmanaged to get seven points?If you have time, ask whether any of the students think that they canremember all seven advantages on their own. If so, ask them to come tothe front of the class and go through them.Coca-cola. Ask if the students drink Coke. How often? ask students to readthe paragraph about the Coca-Cola Company.Groupwork2. Do you think economic globalisation has helped your community? How?Put students into groups of 3-5 and ask them to discuss and write down theirideas. Give them about 10 minutes. Then elicit one idea in turn from eachgroup and check agreement with the rest of the class.The Curriculum Project ECONOMICS: an introduction - Teacher’s Guide69