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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject:
Business Studies
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
3.2.4 Globalisation
Specification
content
Learning
objectives
Additional
guidance
Suggested
timing
(hours)
Learning activities and resources
How UK
businesses
compete
internationally
To understand
what is meant by
globalisation.
1
Starter – students guess what is sold in this shop/café –
Coca Cola does Chinese
New Year
Teacher explanation of globalisation or video explanation –
what is globalisation?
Illustrate globalisation through
McDonald’s m enu item s around t he world
Link back to
food miles resources
used earlier.
To understand
the methods UK
businesses use
to compete
internationally.
Methods include
better designs
and higher quality
products at lower
prices.
1
Starter –
BBC article on winner of James Dyson award
– why is this product likely to
be successful in a global market?
Video on failure of Tesco in America
– or
BBC article
– what were the possible
reasons why Tesco wasn’t successful abroad?
W hat are t he r easons f or Jag uar Land Rover’s success?
Show an
image of a Sunseeker yacht
– student discussion on the methods
Sunseeker should adopt to compete successfully on an international stage – create
a spider diagram.
To analyse the
benefits and
drawbacks of
globalisation for
UK businesses.
1
Students create a poster or leaflet summarising what is meant by globalisation,
examples of businesses that complete globally, the benefits and drawbacks for UK
businesses.