First, let’s discuss Friedman “It’s a Flat World”

• What does he mean by “flat world?”• How did this happen?• What does this mean for the future?• On your graphic organizer, summarize four of

his main points in the four boxes. Briefly discuss as a class.

• Now, we are going to explore a counterview….

Piece by piece reading.• Everyone will be assigned a section

of a reading. You will read your assigned section individually, taking any notes as you wish.

• Once everyone has read their “piece” of the reading, we will go around the room and everyone will volunteer one bit of information from their section.

• When we are finished we will have a summary of the article and in a way, we all will have “read” it without “reading” it.

So, what do I read? The number that you are assigned is the article section that you read.Article “Globalization and It’s Contents”1. Intro (pages 68 to top of 70).2. Working Less, Producing More3. A Thriving Middle Class4. Measuring Inequality5. Potholes on the Road to Globalization6. Preparing for the Best, Not the Worst

Article “Why the World Isn’t Flat”7. Intro and the 10 Percent Presumption8. A Strong National Defense9. Turning Back the Clock.

Globalization

Definition:

Example:

Friedman

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Globalization and Its Contents Working Less, Producing More A Thriving Middle Class

Measuring Inequality Potholes on the Road to Globalization Preparing for the Best, Not the Worst