TE-408

**February 15th, 2012**

In //Responding to Globalization,// Kusai and Merryfield propose that teachers begin to focus their pedagogy towards a global mindset showcasing the inter-connectivity between World events and cultures.

I am largely in favor of this idea of teaching. Showing how cultures and world regions interconnect can lead students to deeper understandings of the current political problems and lead to resolutions of future problems. In essence, this globalized method of teaching is not too different from the existence of the United Nations, or the European Union in that having different cultures interact and respond to each other can prevent small conflicts from scaling out of control as happened in 1914 and 1939. Teaching from a globalized perspective encourages the understanding necessary to keep the world a peaceful place in the minds of our future leaders.

**Week 3**

The best accountability activity that can be used for this is a jigsaw activity. The person I picked was current president Barack Hussein Obama II. If each student from each group were to come together with a different piece of the story of the presidential candidacy, then one giant picture can be created. If a student had failed to research it will become apparent to the other group members as the jigsaw is undertaken.

**Week 2** 1. According to the the text, media is highly important because it is ever present in the lives of students. In the course of the last couple elections, social media played a large role in in how people viewed the elections and how votes were determined. Media should be utilized to better teach students and instruct them how to navigate through such a treasure trove on information as the web presents.

2. For this I will upload a previous lesson plan I came up with. Songs, as a form of media, can serve as a written record of the times. In a way this can be used by students and teachers as a good introductory to the lesson. In the case of the lesson plan, music is used in the introductory to the course, however specific songs can be used in specific lessons. Specifically, Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young can be used to explain the significance of the Kent State Shootings in 1970.