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Welcome to Ms. Allen's Global Studies World!
Course Description: Global Studies is a required course for freshmen. This course is designed with a focus on the types of academic skills necessary to meet and exceed the demands of a social studies curriculum and to facilitate better understanding of the political, economic, geographic, and societal influences that affect people. Students will be expected to be an active participant in their own learning, and there will be an emphasis on communication and research skills. Instruction will be based on a wide variety of resources and strategies. The content of this course is structured around six essential questions or major themes. The students will engage historical and current topics through main concepts associated with the essential questions.

Units of Study: Unit 1 - How Do We Know? Unit 2 - Belonging Unit 3 - Power and Control Unit 4 - Change Unit 5 - Diversity Unit 6 - Connections of Essential Questions