Globalization

What is Globalization?
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The following comes from //Globalization 101//, a website from the Levin Institute:

Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. Globalization is not new, though. For thousands of years, people—and, later, corporations—have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed Silk Road across Central Asia that connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. Likewise, for centuries, people and corporations have invested in enterprises in other countries.

You may follow this link to learn more and use some of the other resources available:[|Globalization101.org--The Levin Institute]

Click on the slide presentation below to learn more about your connection with the global economy. Then, take it a step further and complete the project described in the presentation. Use some of these cites located on this page as a jumping off point.



Global Trading:
Part of what drives the global engine is trading goods, whether it is a raw material, a part of the manufacturing of a product, finished product, or a used product. The T-Shirt Travels: Where does it come from and where does it go? This link from PBS explores the journey of a T-shirt after it is donated to a charity in NYC to its final use as a piece of second-hand clothing in a developing nation. http://www.pbs.org/ independentlens/tshirttravels/ track.html