GLOBALIZATION & THE GLOBAL CITIZEN

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN LESSON THE FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IS THE INDIVIDUAL (YOU) AND THE LOCAL (YOUR) COMMUNITY WITHIN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. WHY SHOULD YOU WORRY,OR BE CONCERNED, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS 5,000 OR 10,000 MILES AWAY? HOW ARE YOU AFFECTED IN YOUR DAILY LIVES BY EVENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES? HOW DO WE AS A SOCIETY AND HOW DOES OUR GOVERNMENT AFFECT PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES?

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN OF THE 21ST CENTURY WHAT UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES DO THE AMERICANS HAVE AS CITIZENS OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD? WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY DO YOU HAVE AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN?

DEFINING GLOBALIZATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AS A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE, HUMAN ACTIVITIES ACROSS REGIONS AND CONTINENTS ARE INCREASINGLY BEING LINKED TOGETHER A STATE OF THE WORLD INVOLIVNG NETWORKS OF INTERDEPENDENCE AT MULTICONTINENTAL DISTANCES…LINKED THROUGH FLOWS OF CAPITAL AND GOODS, INFORMATION AND IDEAS, AND PEOPLE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY'S GLOBALIZATION IS NOT ITS NEWNESS BUT THAT IT REFLECTS A SHARP DECLINE IN THE COSTS OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION

IMAGES OF GLOBALIZATION

TERRORISM

TERRORISM

GLOBALIZATION & WAR

AMERICA & THE WORLD

IMMIGRATION

WORLD ECONOMY

IMMIGRATION

AFRICA

POVERTY

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

THE GLOBAL AGENDA

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

CHINA AND THE WORLD ECONOMY

THE LOCAL & THE GLOBAL

GLOBAL CULTURE

GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORK PLACE AND JOBS WHO LOSES AND WHO GAINS THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE? WHY ARE SOME JOBS MOVING ABROAD OR DISAPPEARING? WHAT KINDS OF JOBS ARE MOVING TO OTHER COUNTRIES?

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

GLOBAL LABOR FORCE

GLOBALIZATION AND AMERICAN JOBS ONE OUT OF EVERY 10 JOBS IN THE AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY OR SERVICE INDUSTRIES HAD MOVED OVERSEAS BY THE END OF 2004. BY 2008, ONE-QUARTER OF ALL TRADITIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOBS WILL BE IN FOUND IN SUCH COUNTRIES AS CHINA, INDIA, SINGAPORE, RUSSIA. OF THE 50 TOP BEST-PAYING JOBS LISTED BY THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT, 48 REQUIRE AT LEAST A COLLEGE DEGREE. “WE JUST HAVE TO SAY TO OUR FELLOW CITIZENS, GET A SKILL, AN EDUCATION, LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE.” J. David Richardson, Economist Syracuse University

GLOBALIZATION AND AMERICAN JOBS “THE BIG CHANGE TODAY IS THAT ITS NO LONGER JUST LOW-COST LABOR THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT ABROAD. IT’S WELL-EDUCATED LABOR THAT CAN DO EFFECITIVELY ANY JOB THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.” “UNLESS YOU ARE A PLUMBER, OR PERHAPS A NEWSPAPER REPORTER, OR ONE OF THESE JOBS WHICH IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SITUATED, YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND DO JUST ANY JOB.” Craig Barret INTEL Chief Executive

GLOBALIZATION AND AMERICAN JOBS “WE ARE LIVING IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY THAT REQUIERES A HIGLY SKILLED, EDUCATED, FLEXIBLE WORKFORCE. IT REQUIERES WORKERS WHO CONTINUALLY UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CAREERS, SO THEY CAN ADAPT AND EVOLVE WITH CHANGING INDUSTRIES.” Elaine L. Chao U.S. Secretary of Labor

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE BEYOND YOUR FORMAL EDUCATION YOU MUST BE AWARE, KNOWLEDGABLE, AND INVOLVED AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN WHAT KIND OF SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES DURING YOUR LIFE TIME?