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9-4 France    9-5 Global Fashion Industry 1  Nike business

 

Geog123   book 3                       

                                               pages 62-63   5.1 Walter's global jeans

                                               pages 64-65   5.2 Behind the swoosh

                                               pages 66-67   5.3 Why go global?

                                               pages 68-69   5.4 A fashion victim?

 

 

 

New Internationalist site ... go to Facts - Jeans

 

Facts-Jeans

 

Bangladesh workers in textiles

corpwatch

 

 

 

check sheet for this unit:

 

9-5  Global Fashion Industry  1  Nike Business checksheet in word

 

 

9-5  Globalisation

 

 

Walter's global jeans

  1. Geog3 page 63 questions 2 and 3... (plot the data on a printed world map with contributions to Walter's pair of jeans marked on it as well).

  2. Sheet 5A: My global wardrobe 

  3. Geog3 page 63 . Make a bar chart from the figure for hourly wage rates on page 63 and answer question 5.

  4. Geog3 page 63 Draw the pie chart of Where the money goes when you buy a pair of jeans and then answer question 6.

 

Behind the swoosh - Nike

  1. Geog3 page 65 question 3 .. glossary of TNC and globalisation.

  2. Sheet 5b: So who owns Nike?

  3. Plot the information on the world map on page 65 onto a printed world map.

  4. On the world map, answer question 1 page 65.

  5. Complete the Venn diagram How Nike aims to make more money … this is a reprint of question 2 page 67. Nike make more profits-Venn diagram

 

Why go global?  Trans National Corporations

  1. sheet 5C The Globalisation check up.

  2. Geog3 page 65 questions 6 … think of at least four examples of globalisation. After each example, say what each company does. E.g. ford make cars.

  3. extension. Do Geog3  page 65 questions 8.

  4. Geog3  page 67 questions 3. Make the list and colour-code it as asked in the question. Can you make an A4 graph to show this data .. with the TNC’s mixed in with the countries?

A fashion victim?

  1. Read Rosa's story from page 68. Divide your page into two columns and say if you think Rosa's suffering abuse

 
   Event in Rosa's day  abuse or not
 

1. Worked compulsory overtime until 2.am

   abuse
 

2. stated work at 7.am -

   not
  3. first 10 min toilet break at 10.am    ?
     

  1. Geog3 page 65 questions 3 and 4

 
   

 

9-5 Global fashion 1 Nike business

9-5 Global fashion 2 Globalisation

 

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