Unit

Topic

Empowering Global Citizens

DE. 1

International Trade

Themes ICC: interpersonal (empathy and working in intercultural

Region
Length

teams); ICC: intrapersonal (curiosity about global affairs); eth—
ics: trust in institutions, breakdown of trust in institutions, and
the importance of global compacts; economic development;
and poverty

World Latin America

Six weeks

Goals and Objectives

3.

Learn about international trade and the concepts of free trade and
fair trade.

Inspire students to learn about the workings of international trade
and about how it can be a powerful and efficient tool that can build
bridges and create inequalities simultaneously.

Act as informed agents who can defend their stance when
they hear misconceptions about trade (e.g., trade results in

unemployment).

Skills and Knowledge

Students will draw a personal connection between poverty at the
global/ regional level and that at the individual level.

Students will learn about different indexes of poverty and inequality
(e.g., the Gini coefficient and the Lorenz curve).

Students will use statistics and data sets on international trade to
substantiate and confirm their own intuitive hypotheses.

Students will examine protectionist trade policies in Latin America

and the use of free trade agreements.