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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.

Downloads

Rule Table

Rule Table

Worksheet

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Task Cards

Task Cards

Presentation

Presentation

Resources

Visual Objects and Universal Meanings: AIDS Posters and the Politics of Globalisation and History

Academic Article

Visual Objects and Universal Meanings: AIDS Posters and the Politics of Globalisation and History
Globalization, Green Economy and Environmental Challenges: State of the Art Review for Practical Implications

Academic Article

Globalization, Green Economy and Environmental Challenges: State of the Art Review for Practical Implications
The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang

Video

The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
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