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World-Systems Theory: Movement and Place in the Global Economy

Resource type Lesson plan
Published date 12 Feb 2023
DescriptionThis lesson is designed to examine the movement of talent, viewed here as an economic commodity, as an engaging way to assist AP Human Geography students in understanding the concept of World-systems Theory. Tracking the location of Korean K-pop band BTS members’ place of birth versus their current homes and the location of the recording companies they’ve worked with across their careers, students will be able to visualize commodity flows, gaining a spatial understanding of the interconnectedness of the globalized economy.
Subjects AP Human Geography, Economics, Sociology
Grade levels 12
Keywords World-systems theory, commodification, core, periphery, movement, globalization, toponym, colonialism, capitalism
Author(s) Mathew Williams
Region(s) Eastern Asia