3.1 Globalisation the 19th century Project isochronic world map showing Victorian is a long-standing (railways, telegraph, travel times: . process which has steam-ships) accelerated Discuss how this might be different today. Define accelerated in the 20th century (jet compression’, ‘time-space ‘containerisation’, because of rapid aircraft, world’. ‘shrinking developments in containerisation), Teacher Q&A on the role of containerisation in transport, contributing to a global commodity flows. communications world’. ‘shrinking and businesses. 3.1c The 21st century has been dominated by Main Suggested rapid development in ICT Students either brainstorm factors influencing learning and mobile globalisation or teacher out factors on cards. objectives: communication (mobile (Key factors: railways, telegraph, jet air Identify the factors phones, internet, social craft, containerisation, mobile phones, internet, accelerating networking, electronic social networking, electronic banking, fibre optics.) globalisation. banking, fibre optics), Students then sort the factors in own way. lowering communication Understand the Teacher asks students to sort factors firstly costs and contributing to role of chronologically and secondly into time-space compression. communications social/economic/environmental/political. and transport in Key words Finally students sort factors into most/least important using a diamond-9 grid. Containerisation compression. Extension: some students might like to compare Shrinking of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, ‘globalisation’ Suggested skills Time-space compression perhaps by thinking about colonialism, e.g. the objective symbols of globalisation found in Kolkata (National Use of isochronic Geographic). maps Plenary See Britain from Above Containerisation video – write a two-minute speech to accompany the video explaining the role of containerisation as one of a number of factors that have accelerated globalisation.
3.1 Globalisation is a long-standing process which has accelerated because of rapid developments in transport, communications and businesses. Suggested learning objectives: Identify the factors accelerating globalisation. Understand the role of communications and transport in compression. Suggested skills objective Use of isochronic maps the 19th century (railways, telegraph, steam-ships) accelerated in the 20th century (jet aircraft, containerisation), contributing to a ‘shrinking world’. 3.1c The 21st century has been dominated by rapid development in ICT and mobile communication (mobile phones, internet, social networking, electronic banking, fibre optics), lowering communication costs and contributing to time-space compression. Key words Containerisation Shrinking Time-space compression Project isochronic world map showing Victorian travel times: . Discuss how this might be different today. Define ‘time-space compression’, ‘containerisation’, ‘shrinking world’. Teacher Q&A on the role of containerisation in global commodity flows. Main Students either brainstorm factors influencing globalisation or teacher out factors on cards. (Key factors: railways, telegraph, jet air craft, containerisation, mobile phones, internet, social networking, electronic banking, fibre optics.) Students then sort the factors in own way. Teacher asks students to sort factors firstly chronologically and secondly into social/economic/environmental/political. Finally students sort factors into most/least important using a diamond-9 grid. Extension: some students might like to compare ‘globalisation’ of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, perhaps by thinking about colonialism, e.g. the symbols of globalisation found in Kolkata (National Geographic). Plenary See Britain from Above Containerisation video – write a two-minute speech to accompany the video explaining the role of containerisation as one of a number of factors that have accelerated globalisation.
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