The Globalization and Trade - History & Citizenship Module explores the themes of Globalization, Trade, and Multinational Corporations.

Three key questions guide the teacher in this module:

• What are the positive and negative aspects of the issues raised?

• What are the alternatives/responses to the challenges raised?

• How is Canada responding?

The Globalization & Trade Module has the following objectives/expected outcomes:

1. Define globalization and investigate its positive and negative aspects.

2. Explore how globalization impacts on international development and how Canada responds to the challenges of globalization through international cooperation.

3. Learn about the different actors in international trade and how economic exchange can create inequalities and exploitation. Students will reflect on how trade could be made more viable and equitable for the majority of people.

4. Investigate, from an historical perspective, why there is more exploitation in impoverished countries than in Europe and North America and how this is linked to the long-term world integration process.

5. Consider the role of each world citizen in making the globalization process a positive attribute for the majority of the world's population.

6. Reflect on how globalization can increase the number of direct and indirect relations between people and the rest of the world.

Go to one of these units in this module:

• Unit 1: Introduction to Globalization
• Unit 2: Globalization & Multinational Corporations
• Unit 3: Globalization, Free Trade or Fair Trade?
• Unit 4: Migration, Trade & Human Rights* (new)
• Unit 5: Globalization & Trade Module Wrap-Up

*This is the latest unit in the Tool Kit. It contains a complete set of resources for teachers and students. All other units include only a sample of the contents from the print version of the Tool Kit.