Today’s World Citizen

APPLICATION: Reflection Today’s World Citizen – To prepare for this assignment: – Review all classmates’ posts in the Discussion (WK6) 1: Top Element area, specifically focusing on two students’ responses for this assignment. – Review all articles in the Learning Resources for this week. – Consider the impact of events that occurred in the 20th century and their impact on the 21st century thus far. What effect will they have on the rest of this century and beyond? – Reflect on how you learn from the past and how these lessons might mold your future actions. – Think about your classmates’ elements and how they differ from your choice. Were any elements a surprise? Why or why not? – Call to mind how other classmates’ elements made you think differently about citizenship, values, or globalization. Did they change your viewpoint? If so, how? – Now that you are a more informed citizen, will this new knowledge change your behavior? How and why or why not? How will this knowledge affect your daily life/work life? The assignment: – In a written essay, review two other classmates’ most important element displayed in the Discussion 1: Top Element area, and evaluate the roles and responsibilities of today’s world citizen by addressing the following questions: – o How did their elements differ from your choice? o Were any elements a surprise? Why or why not? o Did any of the other elements listed make you think differently about citizenship, values, or globalization? Why or why not? o Now that you are a more informed citizen, will this new knowledge change your behavior? How and why or why not? o How will this knowledge affect your daily life/work life? Note: Be sure to quote your fellow students accordingly when referencing their work. Learning Resources Articles Note: The following articles are available in the Walden University Library. – [ANN]. Why anti-American feelings rise in Southeast Asia. (2002, October 18). Korea Herald, 1. Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 215979011 Within this article, the author discusses the increased violence found in the Middle East as the Cold War ended, centering on the Israel-Palestine conflict and how the shift of the United States’ policies against the Palestinians was not agreeable with Muslims who felt the United States needed to be more objective in the Israel-Palestine conflict. – Campbell, L. (2007, November). Audacious undertaking. Literary Review of Canada, 15(9), 35. Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 1386824121 The author critiques Naomi Klein’s book, The Shock Doctrine, a story which explains how America’s free market ways have come to control the world through the exploitation of disaster-stricken nations. – Horowitz, I. L. (2006). Feuding with the past, fearing the future: Globalization as a cultural metaphor for the struggle between nation-state and world-economy. Social Philosophy & Policy, 23(1), 266. Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 1011709401 This article explores many aspects of ongoing debates about globalization: specifically the role of American national culture in defining the issue of international outreach. – Mc Loone, C. (2008). Globalization: What’s the deal? Package Printing, 55(4), 4446, 48. Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 1473999041 This article focuses on the importance of globalization in the package-printing industry and outlines its affect on supply chains, customers’ movement of manufacturing facilities to other countries, and overseas competition from other package printers and converters –