Interdependence

Chapter 8 - Interdependence: It's a Small, Small World

Globalisation


The key words in this section are
GLOBALISATION,           TRADE,           FAIR TRADE,      INTERDEPENDENCE,    JUSTICE,        EXPLOITATION

Watch this short video and compile a definition of Globalisation.



And watch the story of how containerisation made globalisation easier.

Globalisation has helped people and industry around the world to connect. Most products today are interconnected and we get our goods from all over the world.

Fair Trade

Watch this short video below about Fair Trade bananas and answer these questions:
1. List all the jobs being done by the workers
2. Estimate what % of the work is mechanised?
3. List all the village improvements that have been made possible by the Cooperative.
4. What is the main advantage for the Cooperative by trading under the Fair Trade banner?




And answer the same questions in this a video on Fair Trade Coffee
Find out all about Fair Trade at Fair Trade Ireland website. What is a Fair Trade school? When is Fair Trade Fortnight?

Click here for two more videos about Fair Trade footballs in Pakistani.


International Groupings

The key words in this section are
CITIZENS,         EUROPEAN,       INTERGOVERNMENTAL,      MINISTER,        ASSEMBLY,        SECRETARIAT,    PARLIAMENT,  COMMISSION,   ENLARGEMENT.


See the European flag and listen to the European anthem here.

Watch this video and answer:
1. List 5 issues that the Council of Europe have worked on in the last 50 years.
2. How many citizens does it work for?
3. What is it's one vision?



Here is a video on how the European Union and it's institutions works.



Proinsias de Rossa is an Irish MEP. See what his day's work is like below.
Key words here are:
PLENARY,    LOBBY,    RAPPORTEUR,    CONSTITUENCY
Name one meeting Mr de Rossa attends in a typical day.




and here is a Belgian MEP's day. 

See here what a day is like for an EU Commissionser.

Which two European countries are not members of the European Union? See this map for the answer.

The United Nations

Ireland has had a long history of involvement with the United Nations through it's Irish soldiers and Gardaí acting as peacekeepers, and also by having Mary Robinson as High Commissioner for Human Rights 1997 - 2002.

How does the United Nations work?  See below.
1. How has the UN helped global health care?
2. What is the thing the UN strives to achieve for all?



Here is how the UN Peacekeeping works.
1. What is the first thing the UN does in an area of conflict and why?


Find out more about the UN at the website here.