Lesson: Economics in the Global Age
This lesson from WHP AP® is as thorough yet concise a summary of how economics drove globalization—and how globalization now defines economics—as you'll find anywhere.
Video: Eradicating Smallpox
In one of our favorite videos on the whole site, we talked to Dr. Larry Brilliant, a scientist who helped rid the world of one of its greatest scourges: smallpox.
Article: The Trouble With Globalization
Globalization has hardly been an unmixed blessing. This article digs into the heavy cost to some workers of free trade agreements and global supply chains.
Activity: Follow the Product
Globalization can be tough for students (and teachers!) to fully conceptualize. Break it down for them with this activity, which tracks a single item as it crisscrosses the globe from the factory to store shelves.
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