Chapter 1 Assignment

As a group, use chart paper to answer the following questions:

Introduction to Global Issues
1. How does entertainment influence the way we think about the world around us?
2. What are different perspectives on globalization?
3. Use the iceberg model to analyze why there is a lack of educational opportunities in Sudan. What
are possible root causes or underlying structures that result in obstacles to education?
4. What is the connection between sustainability and global issues?

Global Issues Today

5. How can understanding someone elses worldview increase your global awareness?
6. Explain why media literacy is important when learning about local and global issues.

Pathways to Progress: Global Issues

7. Explain how Anne Mahlum was able to address poverty at a personal level.
8. Explain how the Urban Youth Collaborative was able to address education at a structural level.

What You Can Do

9. What is a global issue you are concerned about? Whats a personal solution you can take to
address this global issue? Whats a structural solution you can take to address this global issue?