The Study of Globalization (formerly The Trade and Human Rights Project) is an initiative with the aim to enhance knowledge, understanding and analysis of the role of globalization in the modern world and its effect on our lives. Through professional and curricular development, this project has help bring alive important contemporary global and local issues surrounding globalization, from the WTO in Seattle to the making of sneakers and coffee.

Professional Development

Globalization and Social Responsibility: Bridging the Real World and the Classroom
Global Source's first Teacher Institute on the study of Globalization in Secondary Education. July 2000, Seattle, WA

Teaching Globalization across Boundaries: Considering a New Civics
Global Source's second Teacher Institute on the Study of Globalization and Social Responsibility. July 2001, Seattle, WA

Lessons Learned From The WTO Experience
A Special Focus on K-12 Education. December 2000, Seattle, WA

Who is Making Your Sneakers? A Trade and Human Rights Case Study
A workshop for Washington State in the Global Economy, a Summer Institute for educators presented by the Washington Council on International Trade, July 1999, Seattle, WA

Curricular Development
The Project has developed curricular, reference, and resource materials for the study of Globalization

Approaching WTO Education
A curriculum guide developed in 1999 for teaching and learning about the WTO in Seattle, with lessons and resources that are still revelant today. Global Source consulted on the project and developed two lessons, including on multiple perspectives of free and fair trade (Grades 6-12). These lessons were featured and reviewed in an article on "Teaching About the WTO" in the Spring 2000 issue of Rethinking Schools. "The curriculum delivers multiple viewpoints on the WTO and includes varied and engaging lesson plans. The information is presented in a way that students can easily sort out and is done quite fairly."

Who is Making your Sneakers?
A Case Study on Trade, Human Rights and the Individual: Social Responsibility and the Consumer. A lesson plan developed by Global Source. Using the production of sneakers by Nike, Inc. as a model, the lesson introduces students to the debate and dialogue over "Free Trade" versus "Fair Trade" and the balance between economic opportunity and economic exploitation on the world stage.

The Project has developed and compiled Source Materials on the following curriculur areas:
WTO (World Trade Organization)
The Purpose of Work
Corporate Responsibility
Labor Issues
Environmental Issues
Media Literacy
Countries in Conflict
Peacemakers/Peace Studies
Sustainability/Simplicity
Videos
Websites
Human Rights Education