1. Evaluating the impact of Economic Change.

2. Warm-up What does economic change do?

3. Classwork Class will be divided into pairs. Each pair will get a character from “Fictional Profiles” and a “Global Economic Future” worksheet. Read the section on your character and answer the questions on the worksheet from the perspectives of your assigned character. After completing the worksheet, a spokesperson will be selected to share their responses with the class. What opportunities have been created by economic globalization? What sorts of concerns do people in other countries have? How are the concerns of people around the world (including the U.S) similar? How are they different?

4. More Classwork.. Compare the concerns of the characters with the economic outlook of the local community and the country as whole. Which groups have been most vulnerable to the forces of economic globalization? Who has most benefitted from the expansion of international trade?

5. Exit. How should you prepare yourselves to meet the challenges of economic change?