2009 Summer Teacher Institute
Understanding the Global Economy:
Bringing the World Market into your Classroom
The following downloadable PDFs contain lesson plans developed based on presentations made at the 2009 Summer Teacher Institute, "Understanding the Global Economy". Each lesson provides suggested subject(s), grade level(s), time duration, and IL State Learning Standards for which the materials were designed.
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K - 8
- Little Farm, Big Farm: A Comparison of Farming Pre- and Post-Industrial Revolution (K - 2nd Grade)
- Little Farm, Big Farm: A Comparison of Farming Pre- and Post-Industrial Revolution (3rd - 5th Grade)
- Little Farm, Big Farm: A Comparison of Farming Pre- and Post-Industrial Revolution (6th - 8th Grade)
- Mapping Your Clothes
- My Suit Was Made Where?! A Lesson in Globalization
- Your Food Travels: A Look at Why Food is Shipped to Different Parts of the World (K - 2nd Grade)
- Your Food Travels: A Look at Why Food is Shipped to Different Parts of the World (3rd - 5th Grade)
- How Changes to the Global Economy Affect Demographics
- 9 - 14
For more information, please contact Jamie Bender at (773) 834-3852 or jbender@uchicago.edu