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Overall Expectations and Related Concepts of Geographic Thinking
Big Ideas*
Framing Questions*
D. Interaction and Interdependence: Globalization
D1. Trade and Immigration: analyse the influence of trade agreements and immigration policies on global interdependence and the well-being of countries (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Geographic Perspective)
Trade and immigration have impacts on relationships within nations and between nations .
Who benefits from globalization? Who loses?
How is globalization affecting your life, your community, your country?
How do our choices and beliefs affect our responses to globalization?
How did we get to this level of globalization?
D2. Impacts and Management: analyse issues relating to national and global impacts of globalization from a geographic perspective, and assess responsibilities and approaches for managing these issues (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Geographic Perspective)
Globalization has major economic, environmental, social, and political impacts on countries and people around the world .
D3. Characteristics and Driving Forces: describe the major characteristics of globalization, and analyse factors that are driving the globalizing process (FOCUS ON: Patterns and Trends; Interrelationships)
Globalization has resulted in a high level of economic integration among countries and increasing cultural integration .
E. Social Change and Quality of Life
E1. Leadership and Policy: analyse the influence of governments, groups, and individuals on the promotion and management of social change (FOCUS ON: Patterns and Trends; Geographic Perspective)
Social change can be promoted by individuals, groups, or governments .
Are human rights issues more important than other global issues? Should we give higher priority to addressing them?
What role do ideologies and beliefs play in motivating social change and in inhibiting it?
Is technology the key to improving the quality of life of disadvantaged peoples, or is it a barrier?
What criteria would
you use to judge the effectiveness of programs for improving the quality of life of children around the world?
E2. Agents of Change: analyse impacts of selected agents of change on society and quality of life (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Geographic Perspective)
Powerful agents of change are having both positive and negative impacts on the quality of life of people around the world .
E3. Continuing Challenges: analyse issues relating to human rights, food security, health care, and other challenges to the quality of life of the world’s population (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Patterns and Trends)
Many obstacles stand in the way of improving the quality of life of people in all parts of the world .
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