Teacher's Guide - The Curriculum Project

Economic Globalisation (cont’d)Ask students to read the paragraph ‘Economic globalisation and theenvironment’. Ask them to write down any words that they don’t know. Elicitthese words in turn. Ask if they, or other students can guess the meaning (givethem some clues if necessary). If not, give them a dictionary to look it up andtell the class, or tell them yourself.Soya beans and the Amazon rainforestAsk students to read the text. Give them about 10 minutes. 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.Pairwork1. Put them into pairs. Ask them to think of three comprehension questionsabout the text, and write down the questions and answers on two separatepieces of paper. Give them about 15 minutes to do this.When they have finished ask each pair to swap their question papers withanother pair, but keep the answer paper. Then each pair must answer thequestions of the other pair. Give them about 10-15 minutes to do this.When they have finished answering the questions, ask the sets of pairs tocompare their answers, and see if they agree. If not, they must decide whohas the correct answer. While this is happening, make sure that you walkaround the class and check the questions and answers, and settle anydisagreements.Finally, ask the students whether anyone has any questions about the text.Discussion2. Do you know how economic globalisation is affecting the environment inBurma? What about multinational companies that are involved in mining,deforestation or oil and gas?Ask the students whether they have any knowledge about this. Someexamples you could let them know about are:Daewoo International, South Korea - Investing in the Shwe Gas Fields & Pipeline.Chevron / Texaco, US - Oil and gas exploration.China National Petroleum Corporation - Oil and gas exploration.Petronas, Malaysia, - Oil and gas exploration.PTT, Thailand - Oil and gas exploration.Ivanhoe Mining Ltd, US - Owns the Monywa Copper Mine (joint venture with SPDC).Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) - Investing in five dams on the Salween River.Jet Gold Corp, Canada - Gold mining in Shan StateLeeward Capital Corp, Canada - Amber miningTaiga Consultant Ltd., Canada - Exploring for metalsThe Curriculum Project ECONOMICS: an introduction - Teacher’s Guide72