
For this blog you should begin the first stage of your globalization research project. Simply complete the directions for the first set of bullets on your project guidelines hand out and post a start-up of no fewer than 250 words that meets those requirements. You should include TWO source citations (full citation including hyperlinks) as evidence of your research. ONE should be a primary source. Your work should reflect that you USED and didn't just LIST those sources.
If you lost your guidelines, email me at bridgettefranciscsi@gmail.com with "need project" in the subject and I will get back to you within 24 hours.
Remember you can use http://www.easybib.com/ to help you format your citations OR simply follow this format :
Webisite: Author's last, first name (or the organization that published it), "Title of Report or Article." Title of website or publication. Date published.
Artilce from magazine, newspaper or journal:
Author's last, first name (or the organization that published it), "Title of Report or Article". Title of magazine, paper or journal. Place published: volume number (if applicable), date published.
Sites that may be helpful include (you are not limitied to these sources and still required to submit FULL CITATIONS for the articles drawn from any reccomended sources that you utilize in your research):
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - helpful database of nation profiles - can be one of your primary sources
http://www.globalization101.org/ - student-friendly resource bank on globalization issues, articles and reports
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/briefing/globalization/index.htm - the United Nations' student-friendly database of articles and reports focusing on globalization and how they manage / envision it
http://www.amnesty.org/en/business-and-human-rights - Amnesty International (a global human rights watch organization) publishes various sources about business, development and human rights here
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globalization/links-and-resources-on-globalization.html - index of globalization websites listed by topic and region
http://www.theglobalist.com/ - online news archive of globalization-related sources
http://www.fpif.org/ - website and article bank of the organization Foreign Policy in Focus - focuses mainly on US - Latin America issues
http://www.world-newspapers.com/ - world newspapers organized by topic and date
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/globalisation/ - BBC news' comprehensive guide to globalization. Note - they spell it "globalisation." That spelling is not wrong, it's British.