Monday, January 31, 2011


Starter 3: Watch the video above.  What does he say are the possible benefits and downfalls of the future?  (I suggest making a T-Chart for this).  What is the most interesting point he made?  Why?  Try to connect that point to yourself.

Jihad vs. McWorld
  1. Seminar article for this week- on page 215 of your blue reader
  2. Talks about 2 forces in the globalizing world: Jihad and McWorld.  Asks: "What are these forces?," and, "What are their implications for democracy?"
  3. Read, annotate, vocab
    • Read to page 220, paragraph 2 by tomorrow.
    • Need at least 3 annotations per page.  Annotations can be questions, connections, challenges, agreements or disagreements, reactions, comments, summaries.  Underlining and highlighting DO NOT COUNT as annotating!
    • Vocab: Circle the words, infer their meaning, then dictionary check and write the definition in the margin.
Transnational Capital Auction Simulation
  1. You are a poor country, and your goal is to attract investment from foreign corporations
  2. To do this, you must win the capital auction
  3. Run simulation
  4. We will do a debrief and writing in class tomorrow
HWK: Jihad vs. McWorld- Read and annotate to page 220, paragraph 2.  DUE: Tuesday, Feb. 1

DUE: None

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