Lesson 8: Globalizations and Economics

History: Study of the past of something

Geography: The study of places and the relationships between people and their enviorments

Civics: the study of how a government works and the rights and duties of the citizens living under the government

Economics: the stufdy of scarcity, and how people bejave with limited resources - unlimited wants + choices

What questions would different specialists ask?

How has COVID affected the world?

Economist - What were people’s initial reaction to the sudden shortage of medical supplies? What industries grew and what industries plummeted

Civics - How have governments dealt with the situation? Have there been any new laws or measures?

Geographer - Have has tourism around the world been affected? How about travel within countries?

Historian - Are there previous pandemics we can study to help us?

Used to guide reseasrch - provocative, engaging, worth spending time on

intentectually meaty (many layers, deep, no simple answer)

Student-friendly - students should care and is worth their time

Ingredients of a compelling questions:

deals with problems that arent easy to solve

discuss thing that matters

curiosities about how things work

enduring issues (long-existing issues)

requires use of multiple POVs

Requires argument of response

Provocative, engaging

History: CHange, causality, continunity, perspective, source work

Economics: Supply, Demand, Scarcity, Opportunity Cost

Geography: Patterns, Relationship, Scale

Civics: Virtues, Processes, Engagement, Action

How does a recent revolution affect the demand for military defense gear in neighboring countries?