INTERDEPENDENCE

 
Students should be aware of the interrelatedness of all human life at the individual, community, national and global levels. The actions of individuals can have effects, sometimes in places and situations they have never seen, e.g. the effects of the purchases we make as consumers on economies, businesses and the environment, and the effects of our votes in elections on developments at local, national and international levels. Absence of an understanding of interdependence leads to an isolated, powerless and self-interested view of events.

Topical Issues
United Nations
World Debt
Fair Trade
War/Conflict
Technology
Trade
Aid
Media
Local/National/Global
Refugees
Asylum Seekers
Terrorism
European Union
Council of Europe
Globalisation
Peacebuilding
International Groupings

Class Task
Aim: 
Students to understand the concept of Interdependence and the term  'Globalisation'

Materials Required: 
Photocopies of the map of the world,  colouring pencils, markers

Process: 
All maps should then be displayed to  encourage class discussion

Task:
Each student to record where items of  their clothing, and various equipment that they use i.e.
CD players etc. are  made (10 items). Students should then transfer this information by colouring in  the various countries of production