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| 1 | -Overview of the Search: environ-set | combination | Planning - Case Teaching | environ-set | environment, role of government, political culture | contemporary | global | ||
| Summary: This overview is a specialized table of contents to assist review of database materials for lesson planning. In outreach to local high schools, USC student volunteers in the Teaching International Relations Program (TIRP) are equipped to teach analytical tools using cases and activities for decision-making and problem-solving. Because the database serves a variety of projects, custom tags will select limited collections designated for TIRP topics. Guides for selected items will point to further database resources. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS | |||||||||
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| ID: 577 | |||||||||
| 2 | Capitalism and the Environment: The Thingamabob Game | environment, economics | New Millennium (2000-present) | n/a | |||||
| Summary: Small groups of students represent competing manufacturers of thingamabobs - consumer goods that require natural resources to produce. For the core collection on environment, search: environ-set | |||||||||
| Source: Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World, 2002, www.rethinkingschools.org - This activity is under copyright restrictions and is only available to TIRP volunteers who are currently teaching sessions at local high schools. TIRP students must request a copy in person at the CALIS office. The item number on file is 0219. | |||||||||
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| ID: 219 | |||||||||
| 3 | Goldfish Communities: an environmental research study | combination | Role Play / Simulation | environ-set | environment, sustainability, development, role of government, ethics | contemporary | United States, global | ||
| Summary: This is Phase 1 of a simulation for "the tragedy of the commons" where a shared resource can be easily depleted if not properly managed. Intended for use with Phase 2 - Goldfish Communities: Survival to Prosperity. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS adaptation of undergraduate assignment in USC Environmental Studies (ENST), Riti Chandiok, Spring 2010. Extended development for the Teaching International Relations Program (TIRP), Fall 2010. | |||||||||
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Handout: .doc
| 0557.docx
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Guide: .doc |0557g.docx | 0557g.pdf PowerPoint: .pptx |
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| ID: 557 | |||||||||
| 4 | Goldfish Communities: Survival to Prosperity | Four Worlds (4W) | Role Play / Simulation | environ-set | governance, managing the commons, sustainability, environment, human security | contemporary | United States, global | ||
| Summary: This is Phase 2 of the simulation: Goldfish Communities: an environmental research study. This second phase sets up an analogy for students between their Goldfish Community and the real world. Includes a 4W frame to guide an illustration of dynamics between factors. As students consider choices they have when establishing policies, they can better understand and evaluate trade-offs and moral reasoning that others have used or are using today in decision-making. Several real-life applications are suggested, but policy questions can be taken in any direction, especially relating to globalization and human security. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS | |||||||||
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Handout: .doc
| 0661.docx
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Guide: .doc |0661g.docx | 0661g.pdf PowerPoint: .pptx |
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| ID: 661 | |||||||||
| 5 | Goldfish Nation | combination | Role Play / Simulation | environ-set | environment, sustainable development, governance, human rights, security | contemporary | United States, global | ||
| Summary: Support materials for Goldfish Communities where students part of an Environmental Research Study. Handouts: team record worksheet, class record, "nets" for each fishing season, etc. -- See Phase 1 focus on of "the problem of the commons" and Phase 2 focus on a plan for prosperity. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS customized materials for adaptation of "Goldfish Communities" for 6th grade by Robert Henry, Cochran Middle School, LAUSD, 2015 | |||||||||
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| ID: 811 | |||||||||
| 6 | NPR: An Island Crusader Takes On The Big Brands Behind Plastic Waste | Concept Map | Case Reading - News & Editorials | ipe-basic, environ-set | sustainability, externality, role of goverment, corporate responsibility, single-use plastics | contemporary | global, the Philippines | ||
| Summary: Report focuses on challenges along the coast of Manila Bay: "There are hundreds of official neighborhoods... [the example is] one of just 16 that now require residents to segregate plastic from their garbage." Main idea: the volume of non-recyclable plastic is unmanageable and corporations need to take responsibility. | |||||||||
| Source: NPR copyright 2019. Christopher Joyce, 01-15-2019. Customized transcript by USC CALIS, 2019. Launched with NPR permission as support materials for the High School Case Teaching Initiative. Downloads are for educational use only. | |||||||||
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Handout: 0941.doc
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| ID: 941 | |||||||||
| 7 | NPR: Bad Economy Threatens Obama's Climate Fix | Continuum - Policy Options | Case Reading - News & Editorials | environ-set, 4w-org | political economy, governance, climate change, common goods | contemporary | United States | ||
| Summary: NPR transcript re policy options dealing with the environmental impact of greenhouse gases. This case builds directly from "NPR: Seattle's Bag-User Fee Spurs Backlash" and repeats the direct application of CALIS analytical tool - Role of Political Culture - to illustrate economic concepts of incentive, disincentive, externality, free rider, and problem of the commons. -- Case option for HSLC 2009: Capitalism Reconsidered. Powerpoint applies a 4W extension to the debrief questions. | |||||||||
| Source: NPR copyright 2008. Elizabeth Shogren, 11-25-2008. Customized transcript by USC CALIS, 2009. Launched with NPR permission as support materials for the High School Case Teaching Initiative. Downloads are for educational use only. | |||||||||
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Handout: 0427.doc
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Guide: 0427g.doc |.docx | .pdf PowerPoint: 4W_org_society.pptx |
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| ID: 427 | |||||||||
| 8 | NPR: Movie Follows Fish Through the Global Economy | Four Worlds (4W) | Case Reading - News & Editorials | 4ir, environ-set | globalization, development, failed state, role of media | contemporary | Tanzania, Russia, Rwanda, Europe | ||
| Summary: Main ideas: the dilemma of our time is the fragmentation of responsibility; irony of harder times during peace times. Refers to the documentary film, Darwin?s Nightmare. Includes a 4W analysis of globalization. Part of HSLC 2013: Globalization, Governance and Human Security. | |||||||||
| Source: NPR copyright 2006. Renee Montagne, 02-22-2006. Customized transcript by USC CALIS, 2006. Launched with NPR permission as support materials for the High School Case Teaching Initiative. Downloads are for educational use only. | |||||||||
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Handout: 0270.doc
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| ID: 270 | |||||||||
| 9 | NPR: Seattle's Bag-User Fee Spurs Backlash | Continuum - Policy Options | Case Reading - News & Editorials | ipe-basic, environ-set, 4w-org | environment, political culture, role of government, pollution | contemporary | United States | ||
| Summary: Report discusses policy options and public reaction to dealing with the environmental impact of plastic bags. Directly applies the "policy options continuum" which illustrates a conservative role to active role of government using economic concepts of incentive, disincentive, externality, etc. The continuum frames the Role of Political Culture: How do policy options reflect political culture? Intended as a local case to build directly to global case "NPR: Bad Economy Threatens Obama's Climate Fix". Part of HSLC 2009: Capitalism Reconsidered. Powerpoint applies a 4W extension to the debrief questions. | |||||||||
| Source: NPR copyright 2008. Martin Kaste, 08-21-2008. Customized transcript by USC CALIS, 2008. Launched with NPR permission as support materials for the High School Case Teaching Initiative. Downloads are for educational use only. | |||||||||
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Handout: .doc
| 0393.docx
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Guide: .doc |0393g.docx | 0393g.pdf PowerPoint: 4W_org_society.pptx |
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| ID: 393 | |||||||||
| 10 | Oil, Rainforests, and Indigenous Cultures: A Role Play on Oil and the Huaorani Indians in the Ecuadorian Rainforest | environment, culture, development, negotiation, indigenous groups, natural resources | New Millennium (2000-present) | Equador | |||||
| Summary: A role play where students play five groups: Huaorani Indians, US-based Maxus Oil Company representatives, Equadorian environmentalists, evangelical missionaries, and poor settlers to present a plan for development of the Oriente. Includes student debate and alliance-building, as different groups defend their interests. Search: environ-set | |||||||||
| Source: Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World, 2002, www.rethinkingschools.org - This activity is under copyright restrictions and is only available to TIRP volunteers who are currently teaching sessions at local high schools. TIRP students must request a copy in person at the CALIS office. The item number on file is 0133. | |||||||||
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| ID: 133 | |||||||||
| 11 | Problem of the Commons: Possibilities of Cooperation | n/a | Role Play / Simulation | environ-set | globalization, environment, distribution of resources, policy development, ethics | n/a | n/a | ||
| Summary: Uses the classic dilemma -- the problem of the commons -- to illustrate trade-offs/solutions in managing the global commons; to examine self-interest vs cooperation; to explore "The World of Regimes -- A New Look at an Old Story". Instructor's notes offer connections to ethics, sustainable development, and role of government. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS material developed by our predecessor outreach center, the Center for Public Education in International Affairs, School of International Relations, USC | |||||||||
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Handout: 0012.doc
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| ID: 12 | |||||||||
| 12 | Role of Political Culture | Continuum - Policy Options | Think-Pair-Share | ipe-basic, environ-set | belief systems, governance, policy options, continuum, market system | contemporary history | United States | ||
| Summary: The "policy options continuum" frames the questions: How does political culture influence the role of government in the market? How do policy options reflect political culture? Includes a quick "application exercise" to place policy options for plastic bags on the continuum. | |||||||||
| Source: USC CALIS. Developed from lectures by Professor Steven Lamy, USC School of International Relations, 2005. | |||||||||
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| ID: 260 | |||||||||
| 13 | Transnational Pollution: Why are you dumping on me? | environment, pollution | Late 20th Century (1946-1999) | numerous | |||||
| Summary: Students read a case about pollution of the Danube then assume roles of government officials to develop solutions. For the core collection on environment, search: environ-set | |||||||||
| Source: CTIR -- Center for Teaching International Relations -- www.du.edu/ctir Permission received to offer this activity as a sample lesson from Global Issues for the 90's. | |||||||||
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| ID: 14 | |||||||||