| Contact Information | Brant Beyer west@indiana.edu Ballantine Hall 542 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405 United States Phone: (812) 855-3280 Fax: (812) 855-7695 | |
| Program Type | Individual Program | |
| Program Rating | This program has not yet been evaluated. | |
| Target Audience | Education: Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult Learners, Public Library: Library Patrons | |
| Maximum Number of Participants | 35 | |
| Minimum Number of Participants | 5 | |
| Primary Disciplines | Economics/Business, Fine Arts, Foreign/World Languages, International, Social Studies/History | |
| Program Description | This program deals specifically with the European Union--who is a member, how it came into existence, how it is governed, and its relations with the US. | |
| Program Format | 1. Program with a description of the European Union (EU), including current members and history 2. We will then discuss the structure of the EU institutions and how they interact 3. We will then talk about the euro and its role in the current global financial system 4. We will talk about the ties between the EU and the US, including your state (if requested) 5. Time is allowed for questions and answers | |
| Objectives | The participant will: --Engage in a discussion about the importance of integration of modern Europe --Gain an understanding for how the European Union works --Develop an appreciation for the importance of the European Union to Americans | |
| National Standards to which this program aligns | NSS-WH.5-12.9: THE 20TH CENTURY SINCE 1945: PROMISES & PARADOXES The student in grades 5-12 should understand --The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world. --Major global trends since World War II. NSS-G.K-12.2: PLACES & REGIONS As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should --Understand that people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. --Understand how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. NSS-G.K-12.4: HUMAN SYSTEMS As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should --Understand the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface. --Understand how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface. NSS-C.9-12.4: OTHER NATIONS & WORLD AFFAIRS What is the Relationship of the United States to Other Nations and to World Affairs? --How is the world organized politically? NSS-EC.9-12.16: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT At the completion of Grade 12, students will know the Grade 4 and Grade 8 benchmarks for this standard, and also understand: --Governments provide an alternative method to markets for supplying goods and services when it appears that the benefits to society of doing so outweigh the costs to society. Not all individuals will bear the same costs or share the same benefits of those policies. --A government policy to correct a market imperfection is not justified economically if the cost of implementing it exceeds its expected net benefits. | |
| State/Regional Standards to which this program aligns | WH.8: An Era of Global Conflicts, Challenges, Controversies and Changes: 1900 to the Present --Students will analyze and explain trends and events of global significance, such as world wars and international controversies and challenges, and cross-cultural changes that have connected once-separated regions into an incipient global community. GHW.7: Conflict and Cooperation --Students will explore the physical and human geographic factors affecting the origins and the local, regional and supranational consequences of conflict and cooperation between and among groups of people. GHW.8: Trade and Commerce --Students will examine the physical and human geographic factors that encourage or impede economic interdependence between and/or among countries and the local, regional and global consequences of those exchanges. GHW.10: States, Nations and Nation-States --Students will analyze and evaluate the physical and human geographic factors that contribute to the formation of states (countries) and the forces that function to either unite and bind a country together or to divide a country. E.5: National Economic Performance --Students will understand the means by which economic performance is measured. E.6: Money and the Role of Financial Institutions --Students will understand the role of money and financial institutions in a market economy. E.7: Economic Stabilization --Students will understand the macroeconomic role of the government in developing and implementing economic stabilization policies and how these policies impact the economy. E.8: Trade --Students will understand why individuals, businesses and governments trade goods and services and how trade affects the economies of the world. | |
| Program Length | 45 minutes for grades 9-12 | |
| By Request | This program is available by request ONLY | |
| Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees | Interactive Cost: $0.00 Interactive Cost with Premium Service: $0.00 What's this? | |
| Program Fee Notes | There is no fee for this program. | |
| Cancellation Policy | All of our programs are free of charge. Cancellations without regard to our lost time might result in pulling of future programs with that school. | |
| Is recording allowed? | No | |
| Recording Notes | Videotaping is permitted with prior approval from content provider. | |
| The Provider broadcasts over | IP |
