Teacher's Guide - The Curriculum Project

Economic Globalisation (cont’d)Some disadvantages of economic globalisationAsk students to read the paragrah about ‘Who is in control?’ Ask them towrite down any words that they don’t know. Elicit these words in turn. Ask ifthey, or other students can guess the meaning (give them some clues ifnecessary). If not, give them a dictionary to look it up and tell the class, or tellthem yourself.Pre-teach:elite (noun): privileged group of people, often in positions of power and influence.Ask students to read the text about ‘The poor feeding the rich?’ Ask them towrite down any words that they don’t know. Elicit these words in turn. Ask ifthey, or other students can guess the meaning (give them some clues ifnecessary). If not, give them a dictionary to look it up and tell the class, or tellthem yourself.Ask them to look at the picture. What do they think it means?Pairwork1. Put students into pairs. Ask them to draw a graph (or two graphs) showingthe statistics about consumption for the 20% of the world’s population livingin the world’s richest and poorest countries. The graph(s) should clearly showthe differences in the statistics for each group. Give them about 15 minutesto do this. When they have finished ask each group to come to the front ofthe glass and very briefly present their graphs.The Curriculum Project ECONOMICS: an introduction - Teacher’s Guide70