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Lesson Plan
Climate Change: Actions
Grade Level
High School
  • Students will learn about methods being used to address climate change such as the use of AI as well as the Inflation Reduction Act.
Activity
Globalization: Assessing Globalization
Learning Objectives

Students will use a graphic organizer to assess whether globalization has had a positive or negative impact on different individuals and groups.

Book Guide
The River Runs Black

In this book, CFR Senior Fellow Elizabeth C. Economy uses historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China to provide insightful analysis of the economic and political roots of China’s environmental challenge as well as the evolution of the leadership’s response. Teaching notes by the author.

Lesson Plan
Trade: Policy
Grade Level
High School
  • Students will analyze how trade can be used as part of foreign policy.
  • Students will simulate trading under different kinds of trade rules and then reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of each set of rules.
Lesson Plan
Trade: Introduction
Grade Level
High School
  • Students will examine free trade and how globalization factors into the production of common items like clothing.
  • Students will write a letter providing a recommendation on where to manufacture an item along with the reasons behind their argument.
Lesson Plan
Globalization: Introduction
Grade Level
High School

Students will learn about the basics of globalization as it relates to the interconnectedness of transportation and trade.

Lesson Plan
Globalization: Case Studies
Grade Level
High School
  • Students will analyze how technological advancements have led to increased globalization.
  • Students will create presentations that inform about ways in which globalization impacts daily life.
Lesson Plan
Trade: Trade Wars and China
Grade Level
High School
  • Students will understand what a trade deficit is as well as the impact they can have on countries.
  • Students will debate the pros and cons of trade between the U.S. and China using the history of Chinese accession in the WTO as a lens.