Rethinking globalization
Subtitle: teaching for justice in an unjust world
By: edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson.
Contributors: Bigelow, Bill.; Peterson, Bob.
Publisher: Rethinking Schools Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Social justice -- Study and teaching -- United States; Globalization -- Study and teaching -- United States; International economic integration -- Study and teaching -- United States
Description: Product Description: Rethinking Globalization is the best single-volume source for teaching strategies that will help students make sense of an increasingly complicated and scary world. Rethinking Globalization alerts readers to the challenges we face-from child labor to sweatshops, from global warming to destruction of the rainforests-and also spotlights the enormous courage and creativity of people working to set things right. This essential resource includes role plays, interviews, poetry, stories, background readings, hands-on teaching tools, and much more!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Legacy of inequality : colonial roots; title: The global economy : colonialism without colonies; title: Global sweatshops; title: Kids for sale : child labor in the global economy; title: Just food; title: Culture, consumption and the environment; title: Final words; title: Resources.