Global Closet Calculator
Head to your closet to discover your interdependence!
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/globalcloset/?ar_a=1
Go to the above National Geographic website. Here you will discover your own global network
by completing the "Global Closet Calculator"—a two-part interactive game that introduces the
concepts of interdependence and globalization. In the first part, you can see the ways in which
your clothes and accessories connect you to people and places around the world. The second
part will call on your critical thinking and geographic decision-making skills in an adventurous
investigative journey. You will consider different values and points of view while making a pair
of jeans and an MP3 player to earn badges reflecting those choices.
1) Where are the clothes in your closet from? List the names of each different country that
your clothes, shoes, etc. are made in.
2) Which country were most of your clothes in your closet made?
3) Share your map with me: [email protected]
For the 2nd part, click on “MP3” player first and follow the directions. Pretend that you work for
a company that sells electronics. The company is starting to make MP3 players for the first time,
and you’re in charge of deciding where the materials and parts for your player come from.
For each option you choose you'll get two badges. You can decide whether your badges are
something to be proud of or not.
Start by clicking on “metal”.
4) For the metal for having your MP3 player made, where will you get your idium from?
Please explain why you chose this option.
5) What were the consequences of your decision?
6) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Then move on to “screen stuff.”
7) What did you choose for the screen for your MP3 player? Please explain why you chose
this option.
8) What were the consequences of your decision?
9) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Then move on to “electronics.”
10) What did you choose as to where you will get the electronics to power your player?
Please explain why you chose this option.
11) What were the consequences of your decision?
12) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Then move on to “software.”
13) Where did you decide to get your software from? Please explain why you chose this
option.
14) What were the consequences of your decision?
15) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Click on “see your results.”
16) It’s up to you to decide if your badges reflect a company you’d be proud of. So, why are
you proud or disappointed with your company? Explain. What could you have done
differently throughout the process to make you feel better about it?
Click on “start over.” Then click on the “jeans” section. For each part, you’ll make a decision
about how these jeans are made. Your choices are important since they affect different people
and places in different ways. For each decision, you will earn two badges. You can decide
whether your badges are something to be proud of.
Start by clicking on “cotton.”
17) Where did you decide to grow your cotton? Please explain why you chose this option.
18) What were the consequences of your decision?
19) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Then click on “dye and water.”
20) What did you decide about how you would make your jeans? Please explain why you
chose this option.
21) What were the consequences of your decision?
22) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Then click on “where to sell”.
23) Where did you decide that you will you sell your jeans? Please explain why you chose
this option.
24) What were the consequences of your decision?
25) What badges did you receive for this action? Explain why you received these specific
badges.
Click on “see your results.”
26) It’s up to you to decide if your badges reflect a company you’d be proud of. So, why are
you proud or disappointed with your company? Explain. What could you have done
differently throughout the process to make you feel better about it?