Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Latin American Marketing Project
This site from Score provides information on the global marketplace. This is a unit where students are grouped to find out the best Latin American country to introduce a new fast food business. Site is very well outlined and includes...
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Social Science Education Consortium
Imports: Does u.s. Employment Decline Because of International Trade? [Pdf]
Students are introduced to controversial statements about the value of international trade and the importance of preserving U.S. jobs in the face of increasing foreign imports. They are asked to consider evidence at the micro level on...
International Trade Administration
International Trade Administration
The home page of the International Trade Administration (ITA). Contains a large amount of data about various aspects of international trade. Tables are clearly marked and easily accessible.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: International Exchange Rates
This student-teacher resource discusses international exchange rate and shows how to calculate different currencies around the world.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Global Commodities
This unit examines globalization from its true origins rooted in China's desire for silver and in Spain's conquest of mines in America.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: The United States and Globalization
This self-guided unit addresses the economic interdependence of communities and countries across the globe and the economic development that is taking place. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Society: The Trading Game
Students simulate the trading of goods between countries. Then they reflect on the challenges of trade between countries.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Us and Eu Go Bananas Over Trade
Economists generally agree that free trade helps to improve the overall quality of life in countries that participate. However, disagreements do arise concerning trade agreements. This instructional activity looks at a disagreement...
Econoclass
Econoclass: International Finance Classroom Simulation
In this classroom activity, students are divided into various groups, each being a different "country." Each country has their own currency and goods, and groups proceed to trade amongst themselves. This game covers the topics of...
Other
Usa: Chapter 10: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies
Chapter 10 overview traces the history of U.S. foreign trade and global economic movement from a protectionist to more liberalized trade policies.
Other
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Explore this site and learn about the inner workings of the Office of the United States Trade Representatives. Use this site to view the hot topics in Trade negotiations around the world.
Other
Middle East Institute: Middle Eastern Economies
Economic trends will provide a very important part of the context in which President Obama's policies play out in the remainder of his term until January 2017. The Middle East's economic recovery from the 2008-2010 global economic crisis...
Other
International Monetary Fund: Trading Around the World
An interactive simulation and role-playing activity based on a fast-paced game that challenges the player to buy low and sell high. The simulation is a trading model that matches the player with computerized traders from around the world.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Trading Game
For this lesson, students will learn about the gains from trade. Students will participate in a trading game that will demonstrate that trade can make everyone better off.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Don't Fence Me Out! (Barriers to Trade)
We tend to see the United States as a country with free trade. Although we do have a great deal of freedom to enter new markets, there are barriers to trade that limit consumer choice. This lesson explores these barriers and how they work.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship
In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...
Other
Metrocosm: Mapping the Flow of International Trade
According to the UN, the global market for imported goods is $15.6 trillion as of 2015. Use this unique global map to see how trade flows between countries. Select a country to see imports and exports from that specific country.