There are numerous articles available for your students to read about globalization in Bhutan.  Below you will find a list of pre-selected materials appropriate for reading at the high school level.  Students can read all of the articles or they can select specific articles to gain a deeper sense of awareness of this issue.  Students should complete the Terms to Know Handout and respond the Reading Response Questions.

Click here for Terms to Know Handout for Bhutan. Click here for Reading Response Questions for Bhutan.    WEB RESOURCE Article 1: Frontline World: Bhutan www.pbs.org/frontline/stories/bhutan WORD DOCUMENT ARTICLES (Printable from site) Article 2: Tiny Bhutan Gets TV: Now, When’s The cable Upgrade? Seattle Times (08/30/99)
Article 3: Shangri-La Wake-Up Call Asiaweek (09/03/99) Article 4: Globalization Myths Christian Science Monitor (09/16/99) Article 5: Monks Get Their Kicks MacLean’s (02/14/00) Article 6: Bhutan Slowly Joins High-Tech Society
San Diego Union-Tribune (08/04/02) Article 7: Parent’s View Kuensel Online (09/23/00) Article 8: Land Of Ancient Ways And The Internet Business Week (11/06/00) Article 9: ‘The Cup’ Sees No Escape From Modernization Jakarta Post (11/11/00)

Article 10: Will Progress Spoil Bhutan? Atlanta Journal and Constitution (01/02/01) Article 11: Lost Horizon: For Centuries, An Unspoiled Society Toronto Star (07/08/01) Article 12: The Way We Live Now: When Here Sees There New York Times (04/21/02) Article 13: Tuned In: ‘World Shrinks the Global Village’ Los Angeles Times (05/23/02) Article 14: A Digital Divide Kuensel Online (06/09/02)

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