Teaching the WTO

Section 4.4 on the IB syllabus asks students to look at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in terms of its functions and its successes and failures.

This year when teaching the topic I made use of the excellent video resources avaliable on the WTO website. The selection of videos cover all of the points outlined in the syllabus. (The Virtual Tour and the Heart of the WTO are particuarly good videos)

I then divided my students into groups to produce short powerpoint presentations either arguing the WTO as a success or as a failure.