What role do TNCs play in development and globalisation?

What do you remember about TNCs from the AS course? Produce a mind map on flip chart paper to show what you remember & share.

Objectives for three lessons

• All will understand the characteristics and spatial organisation of TNCs.

• Most will analyse the social, economic and environmental impacts of a TNC.

• Some will evaluate the importance of TNCs and NICs in the changing global economy.

• STRIPE: Self manager

What are TNCs?

• Review the information on pages 209-218 in your textbook

• Look at the information at http://www.slideshare.net/geographyalltheway/ib-geography-globalization-tncs

• Note key points in your pack

Case Study: Tata

Task

• Research the social, economic and environmental impacts of Pfizer, BP, Tata or another TNC on their host countries & countries of origin. Produce a fact file.

• You could divide the different elements of the research between your group. Note your research questions in your pack.

Reflection…

• What progress have you made this lesson? • What problems have you found? • How can you overcome these?

Homework

• Complete fact file by _________

What role do TNCs play in development and globalisation?

Watch trailer for ‘The Corporation’ at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3wyaEe9vE

Why have documentaries like this become so popular in recent years?

Objectives for three lessons

• All will understand the characteristics and spatial organisation of TNCs.

• Most will analyse the social, economic and environmental impacts of a TNC.

• Some will evaluate the importance of TNCs and NICs in the changing global economy.

• STRIPE: Self manager

Task

• Watch ‘The Corporation’ DVD, taking notes in your pack.

Reflection…

• The rest of this DVD is available at www.youtube.com – will you watch the rest?

• Why/why not?

What role do TNCs play in development and globalisation?

Put your fact file together and review it as a class. What have you done well? What could

be improved?

Objectives for three lessons

• All will understand the characteristics and spatial organisation of TNCs.

• Most will analyse the social, economic and environmental impacts of a TNC.

• Some will evaluate the importance of TNCs and NICs in the changing global economy.

• STRIPE: Self manager

Answer the question below:

To what extent have we achieved our objectives? What can we do to build on this?

• All will understand the characteristics and spatial organisation of TNCs.

• Most will analyse the social, economic and environmental impacts of a TNC.

• Some will evaluate the importance of TNCs and NICs in the changing global economy.

• STRIPE: Self manager

Homework

• Read the answer to the 40 mark question in your pack, then read the advice from the AQA mark scheme and refer to the mark grid at the start of the pack.

• What mark would you give this answer? Why? • What could be done to improve upon it?• Extension task: Have a go at answering this

question yourself.