Seth Brady Naperville Central High School; Naperville, IL Course: Cultures of the World, Grade 9

Stage 1 Desired Results

ESTABLISHED GOALS
Illinois State Standards Illinois Standard 15.A. Explain the impact of various determinants of economic growth (e.g., investments in human/physical capital, research and development, technological change). Illinois Standard 15.B. Understand that scarcity necessitates choices by consumers. Illinois Standard 15. D.4b. Describe the relationships between the availability and price of a nation's resources and its comparative advantage in relation to other nations. Illinois Standard 15. E.4c. Analyze the relationship between a country's science/technology policies and its level and balance of trade. National Geography Standards Understand how culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions. Understand the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.

Transfer Students will be able to independently use their learning to 1. Make a connection between here and there. 2. Evaluate the pros and cons of outsourcing by interviewing the people and companies that participate in outsourcing. 3. Develop an informed, ethical stance toward outsourcing. 4. Engage in a self-directed panel discussion evaluating the costs and benefits of outsourcing. 5. Demonstrate a complex, nuanced understanding of outsourcing. Meaning UNDERSTANDINGS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Students will understand that 1. Outsourcing is a complex issue 1. What is the relationship between related to the global economy and the US economy and the global globalization. economy? 2. Ones view of the costs and 2. What is the relationship between benefits are a function of a globalization and social class? countrys development and status 3. Is outsourcing an inevitable in a in the global economy. globalized world? 3. Outsourcing exposes a variety of 4. Who are the beneficiaries of the tensions and conflicting values global economy? (national v. global, here v. there, 5. How does globalization and ethics v. profit). outsourcing affect equality in the nation and in the world? Acquisition Students will know the complex Students will be able to identify the issues associated with outsourcing. effects of outsourcing from multiple perspectives. Students will develop an ethical stance toward outsourcing.

Stage 2 - Evidence
Evaluative Criteria Assessment Evidence TRANSFER TASK(S): 1. Students will complete a paragraph identifying that explains outsourcing and what their stance is toward outsourcing. 2. Students will locate, summarize, and prepare to present information about outsourcing. This information will come from articles discussing outsourcing from various perspectives (at least one of these articles must be from a country where jobs are being outsourced to). 3. Students will prepare (and then deliver) questions for a SKYPE interview with the staff of an American company and an Indian telephone center. 4. Students will develop a paragraph identifying how they would deal with ethical issues that arise in conjunction with outsourcing. 5. Students will present their learning and conclusions about outsourcing to their peers. 6. Students will ask questions in response to their peers presentations and participate in a broader discussion of the ethics of outsourcing. 7. Students will discuss their views of outsourcing in a chat format with a sister-class in India. 8. Students will construct group blogs chronicling their experience exploring the topic of outsourcing. OTHER EVIDENCE:

Stage 3 Learning Plan

Part 1: Students will be given a description of outsourcing and asked to write an opinion of outsourcing. Part 2: Students will be assigned two basic background reading about outsourcing (one Pro, one Con). Part 3: Students will engage in a preliminary discussion about the ethics of outsourcing. Part 4: Students will watch 30 Days: Outsourced and developed a summative paragraph describing their ethical stance toward outsourcing. Part 5: Students will participate in SKYPE discussion with a telephone center in India and an executive at a company that has regularly outsourced. Part 6: Students will locate 3 additional articles about outsourcing on their own. They will summarize the articles and develop a presentation summarizing the information they learned. The presentation will include a section on how they would address the issue of outsourcing. Other students who present will be required to ASK a minimum number of questions. These questions will be directed toward those students who presented.

Part 7: Students will participate in an international discussion with a sister class in India. Part 8: Students will summarize their learning through by creating blogs.