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Globalisation Lesson Plan
🌍 Globalisation: The T-Shirt Connection 🌍
Subject
History
Grade
10
Methodology
Direct Instruction
Duration (minutes)
55
Overview
Introduction (5 minutes) 🎬
Present New Material (15 minutes) 📜
Guided Practice (10 minutes) 🗂️
Individual Practice (10 minutes) ✍️
Assessment and Reflection (10 minutes) 📝
Review and Closure (5 minutes) 🧠
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.9
Background Knowledge
Students should understand basic world history, geography, and trade concepts, and have skills in document analysis, writing, and using digital tools.
Skills
Critical thinking, Oracy, Communication
Objectives
Understand the historical development and key phases of globalisation.
Analyze the impact of globalisation on daily life and global trade.
Reflect on the ethical and social implications of globalisation.
Materials
Projector: For displaying the video and PowerPoint presentation.
Video Clip “The Life of a T-Shirt”: Engaging introduction to globalisation.
World Map and Timeline Handout: Visual aids for storytelling.
PowerPoint Presentation: Structured content delivery.
Primary Source Packets: Documents for group analysis.
Chart Paper and Markers: For group work and visual representation.
Writing Paper and Pens: For individual reflective essays.
Computers/Tablets: For Kahoot! quiz.
Whiteboard and Markers: For mind map and summary.
Exit Ticket Slips: For student feedback and reflection.
Lesson Activities
Introduction (5 minutes) 🎬
Hook
Start with a provocative question: "How does a T-shirt connect you to the rest of the world?" Show a brief, engaging video clip on the global journey of a T-shirt.
Resources Needed:Projector, video clip “The Life of a T-Shirt” (available on YouTube).
Teacher Note
Ensure the video is cued up before class starts to maximize instructional time.
Present New Material (15 minutes) 📜
Storytelling
Narrate the history of globalisation, using visual aids like maps and timelines to illustrate key events and phases of globalisation.
Resources Needed
World map, timeline handout, PowerPoint presentation with visuals.
Teacher Note
Use storytelling techniques to make historical events relatable. For example, explain how the Silk Road was an early form of globalisation.
Core Questions
What were the major phases of globalisation? How did global trade evolve over time?
Guided Practice (10 minutes) 🗂️
Interactive Activity
Students work in small groups to analyze primary source documents related to global trade (e.g., excerpts from historical trade agreements, letters from merchants).
Resources Needed
Primary source packets, group discussion questions, chart paper, markers.
Teacher Note
Circulate among groups to provide guidance and ensure students remain on task.
Core Questions
What do these documents reveal about historical global trade? How do they connect to the phases of globalisation discussed earlier?
Individual Practice (10 minutes) ✍️
Task
Students write a brief reflective essay on how globalisation impacts their daily life, supported by examples from the lesson.
Resources Needed:Writing paper, pens, reflective essay prompt.
Teacher Note
Encourage students to think about everyday items they use and how they are connected to global trade.
Core Questions
How does globalisation affect your daily life? Can you provide specific examples from what we learned today?
Assessment and Reflection (10 minutes) 📝
Formative Assessment
Conduct a quick quiz using a digital tool like Kahoot! to review key concepts of globalisation.
Reflection
Facilitate a class discussion on ethical considerations and the social impact of globalisation, encouraging students to share their reflections.
Resources Needed
Computers/tablets for Kahoot!, discussion prompts.
Teacher Note
Use the Kahoot! results to gauge understanding and address any misconceptions.
Core Questions
What are some ethical issues related to globalisation? How does globalisation impact different societies?
Review and Closure (5 minutes) 🧠
Summary
Recap the main points of the lesson using a mind map displayed on the board.
Exit Ticket
Ask students to write one thing they learned and one question they still have about globalisation.
Resources Needed
Whiteboard, markers, exit ticket slips.
Teacher Note
Collect exit tickets to inform future instruction and address any lingering ques
tions in the next lesson.