Year 8 Geography Readings Year 8 Geog –

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Year 8 Geography Readings Year 8 Geog – Globalisation Lesson 1 Reading Activity – Inroduction to Globalisation Write down the heading. ____________________________________________________________________ What do you think this piece of writing is about?_________________________________________________ Is it descriptive, informative or persuasive?_____________________________________________________ Read the piece of writing and circle any words whose meaning you are not sure of. Underline the following words: consumerism, countries, cultural, economic, environmental, geographical, globalisation, political, religious, social, spatial, technological What does a study of globalisation provide? __________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What features does this interdependence have? _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. How do you think globalisation affects you? __________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The study of globalisation The study of globalisation provides opportunities for students to identify and explore the ways that individuals and communities increasingly depend on each other. They recognise that interdependence has a number of features: • cultural (e.g. arts, media, advertising, food, sport) • economic (e.g. global consumerism; changing patterns of trade, investment and debt; struggle for development and human rights; development cooperation) • environmental (e.g. global climate change, energy security, pollution, population growth, species conservation, protection of oceans) • geographical (e.g. the spatial interactions between people and places and how they changeover time – the growth of urban areas; resource distribution, use and management) • political (e.g. international governance; bilateral and multilateral relationships; peace and security issues; regional and global governance; civil rights) • religious (e.g. values, fundamentalism; interfaith cooperation) • social (e.g. multiculturalism, migration, tourism, education, public health, people-to-people links) • technological (e.g. impact of new technologies in different communities and countries; global communications and the movement of goods; the digital divide). Year 8 Geog – Globalisation Lesson 2 Reading Activity - Globalisation Write down the heading. ____________________________________________________________________ What do you think this piece of writing is about?_________________________________________________ Is it descriptive, informative or persuasive?_____________________________________________________ Read the piece of writing and circle any words whose meaning you are not sure of. Underline the following words: borderless , communicate, globalisation, influence, overseas, rapid, transnational, web Is Globalisation new? __________________________________________________________________________ How has it changed in recent years?_______________________________________________________________ How are you a global citizen? _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Globalisation Although globalisation is not new – people, goods, money and ideas have moved around the world for centuries. In recent years the globalisation process has been rapid and widespread. One of the results has been the growth in large businesses that produce and sell goods in many countries. These businesses have a large influence