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Curriculum Organizing Questions
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- Where is the technological
imbalance in this issue?
- Suggest some solutions to this
technological imbalance?
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Elaboration
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Students need to become aware of the growing number of
ways in which each nation is part of larger political,
economic, military, environmental, biological, and
technological systems. Benchmarks p. 175.
The study of geographical differences in climate and
natural resources will make the advantage of trade evident.
benchmarks p.177.
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Specific Ideas
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- Social and economic forces strongly influence which
technologies will be developed and used. Which will
prevail is affected by many factors, such as personal
values, consumer acceptance, patent laws, the
availability of risk capital, the federal budget, local
and national regulations, media attention, economic
competition, and tax incentives. Benchmarks 3C1.
- The wealth of a country depends partly on the effort
and skills of its workers, its natural resources, and the
capital and technology available to it. It also depends
on the balance between how much its products are sought
by other nations and how much of other nations products
it seeks. Even if a country could produce everything it
needs for itself, it would still benefit from trade with
other countries.Benchmarks 7G1.
- Trade between nations occurs when natural resources
are unevenly distributed and the costs of production are
very different in different countries. A nation has a
trade opportunity whenever it can create more of a
product or service at lower cost than another. Benchmarks
7G1 (6-8).
- The major ways to promote economic health are to
encourage technological development, to increase the
quantity or quality of a nation's productive resources --
more or better-trained workers, better equipment and
methods -- and to engage in trade with other nations.
Benchmarks 7G2 (6-8).
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Developmental & Instructional
Implications
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The term "technological imbalance" is not clearly defined
in the literature.
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Examples
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