Education Standards
Audio Recording - Vocaroo
A US-China trade pact is taking shape, with tariff reductions on the table, official says
BBC - Original Video of Richard Nixon's Visit to China
China says trade deals are off if US raises tariffs
China-US dialogue on trade to continue (from the Chinese perspective)
Crash Course YouTube Video - Opium Wars
Khan Academy - World War II - Overview of Chinese History
Listeners want to know about the history of US-Chinese relations
Photos - China and United States during World War II
The Opium Wars Secret History - Article in New York Times
The Truth About Trade: What Critics Get Wrong About the Global Economy
Trade relations between the US and China are politically unsustainable
Trump's policies could disturb the regional security balance
U.S. Trade Deficit With China and Why It's So High
Wikipedia Article - Chinese Exclusion Act
Wikipedia Article - Communist Revolution in China
Wikipedia Article - Opium Wars
Wikipedia - Most Favored Nation Status
Wikipedia - Nixon's Visit to China
YouTube - Communist Revolution in China
Global Trade Effects Down Home Trade.
Overview
This lesson will have students analyze connections among historical events and developments in the contemporary global issue of trade, specifically, trade between the United States and China. Students will answer the compelling question; Do tariffs improve the lives of workers in a country and in an industry?
Students will research the history of trade, specifically, the silk road. How did this trade route affect the lives of ordinary people? How does the relationship over time between the United States and China affect trade?
Students will create a similar learning experience building a lesson that connects the historical events and developments to a contemporary issue around globalization.
Copy of the Lesson in a Google Doc. Licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Compelling Question: Is free trade really free?
This lesson will investigate the global concept of free trade. Using SS.7.24 listed here, students will understand and evaluate the historical events and developments which make up the Chinese-American relationship. They will use this understanding to examine the connection to the contemporary issue of trade agreements.
SS.7.24. Analyze connections among historical events and developments in contemporary global issues. Contemporary Global Issue - Trade between the United States and China
Students will watch What is Free Trade?
Learn360 Video https://learn360.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=34992&loid=37118&tScript=0#
(note- this video is a purchased product and all students in Iowa have access to it)
What is Globalization - YouTube Video with a CC license
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evjG5voVSFk
Use the Chrome Extension Edpuzzle to add comments and questions to the video. This can act as an assessment.
Students will find the video assignments in their LMS system. They will complete the assignment and turn it in. In their groups, they will answer the question: What is globalization and how does fair trade affect it? They will record the discussion and turn it in via the LMS system.
SS.7.20. Investigate the impact of trade policies and barriers on a nation and its citizens.
Silk Road
The Silk Road was the ancient trade route that supported trade between the east and the west beginning in 207 BCE. This trading route connected people, cultures, and civilizations. Study of this trade route will support standard SS7.20; Investigate the impact of trade policies and barriers on a nation and its citizens.
Students will read and watch the materials about the silk road. They will answer the question: How did trade along the Silk Road impact the lives of the people along the route? using a Pecha Kucha presentation. https://www.pechakucha.org/watch
The assignment will be in the LMS system. Students will read and watch resources about the Silk Road. They will then collectively create a Pecha Kucha presentation answering the question: How did trade along the Silk Road impact the lives of the people along the route?
Relationship between China and USA over time.
Students will address the following standard: SS.7.24. Analyze connections among historical events and developments in contemporary global issues.
The contemporary global issue is the trade agreements and deficit between China and the USA. Students will review the following events using the added resources:
Opium Wars
Chinese Exclusion Acts
World War II
Communist Revolution
Richard Nixon
Student Assignments will be posted to the LMS System.
Students will use the New York Times Article: "The Opium War Secret History" https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/28/opinion/the-opium-war-s-secret-history.html to conduct a Socratic Seminar.
Guiding questions:
Is everything fair in the Global Marketplace?
What effect did the Opium Wars have on China's relationship to the Western World?
How were the human rights concerns addressed? Do we consider human rights now in global relations?
Use an audio app such asVocaroo https://vocaroo.com/ to record the seminar.
What is Trade
The students will read articles and websites about trade in order to answer the question, What is Trade? They will post the answers in the LMS discussion board. They will respond to other student's posts. Students will host a podcast explaining trade, and the present situation in relationship to trade and China.
Students will use the resources provided. In addition they will find at least one resource written from the Chinese perspective using the advanced Google Search feature with Country Codes.
Students will use the LMS system and read articles and websites about trade and the trading relation between China and the US. They will use the advanced search feature country codes of Google to find an information written from the Chinese perspective. They will use this information to create a podcast which will answer the question "What is Trade?" and what is the current trade relation with China. They will use the discussion feature of the LMS system to present their individual answers to What is trade? and they will comment on each other's posts.
Summative Assessment
Create a lesson about the history of trade with a different country, not China and post it into the Creative Commons Lesson Builder.
Create a lesson about the history of trade with a different country, not China and post it into the Creative Commons Lesson Builder.