World Sociology

The World Trade Organisation

In 1995, the World Trade Organisation was established as an intergovernmental organisation to regulate trade. A profile of the WTO can be found here:

Discover More Profile: World Trade Organization

Students could research the current membership of the WTO and highlight a map of the world to reflect its membership (it is interesting to see if they know where different countries are!). A template map of the world is available here:


Discover More Blank world map

It may be useful to have atlases to hand, either in hard copy or electronically.



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