Globalization and Trade

   The most interesting thing I learned about globalization and trade was the treatment of workers and dump of toxic waste in the factories that companies have created. I knew a little bit about sweat shops but I didn’t know how they hired kids and how workers might get paid less than $2.00 a day for their hard work. The part of my sketchnote that I am most proud of is the part where I spelled globalization in little pictures. I am the most proud of it because I think that it’s pretty creative and I like the pictures I used.

Standard of Living

A country’s standard of living does not show how everyone in that country lives because it is an average. Some cities may be more wealthy, some cities may be poorer.

 

The most interesting thing I have learned about standard of living is other countries standards of living. I say this because it shows how better off we are in America and just how little people have in their country.
 

The countries with a higher standard of living are obligated to help the countries with a lower standard of living because they have so much and the countries with low standard of living have so little and if the countries with a higher standard of living just give, even a little bit, it will help the countries with a low standard of living.

Types of Economy Sketchnote

Economy In Pictures

Economy's presence in my life

 Economy is always present in my life. Whether I’m out to dinner with my family, in school or just at home doing chores. Economy is the production, distribution, consumption, of goods and services. It is basically a make, sell, buy and use system. Production would be the farms and factories that make the clothes, grow the food, and manufacture other goods. Distribution are the trucks, trains, boats, and planes that deliver the products from the places where they were produced. This is basically the sell part of the economy. Consumption is buying and using these products that have been made and distributed. Shopping and wearing the clothes or other things that were bought. Goods are the things that are being made sold and bought. Goods are things I use in my everyday life like, computers, clothes, pots and pans, etc. Services is what my mom does for a living and the police officers, nurses, and lawyers.  

Be Bothered

   I think it is important to be bothered because it motivates you to do something about what is bothering you. If you are really bothered by something you will try to fix it. For example, Martin Luther King was bothered by the Jim Crow laws telling him what he could and couldn’t do so he tried his hardest to change that. He eventually did and changed the course of history while doing it. Without him or anybody being bothered by that the US would still be separated by something it shouldn’t be. President Obama wouldn’t be able to be president, my parents wouldn't be able to vote, and my sister and I wouldn’t be able to have some of the opportunities we have today. Another example is the Revolutionary War. People were bothered by being under the unfair British rule and did what they could to try to change it. Without the people being bothered we would probably still be under the British rule. And, being bothered by something can help artist write songs. Example, the Dixie Chicks were bothered by George Bush calling war on Iraq. He sent them a letter telling them to not express their opinions using their music. They responded with their song Not Ready To Make Nice.