Greetings students and families! My name is Mrs. Forrest and this is my 27th year in Minneapolis Public Schools and 13th year at Anwatin Middle School.

Global Studies Curriculum 2017-2018

First Quarter: 10 weeks

Unit One: Introduction (4 weeks)

Class rules/norms

Community Building/Growth Mindset

5 Themes of Geography/IB Key Concepts

Mapping

CNN News

Unit Two:  North America- Canada, US & Mexico (3 weeks)

Unit Three: Central America (2 weeks)

Unit Four : Voting/Government Unit (2 weeks )

Second Quarter: 10 weeks

Continue with Voting unit (1 Week)

Unit Five: South America (3 weeks)

Unit Six: Africa (3 weeks)

Unit Seven : Asia (3 weeks)

Third Quarter: 10 Weeks

Unit Eight: 8^th grade Capstone Project (3 weeks)

Unit Nine: Australia (2 weeks)

Unit Ten: Model UN (2 weeks)

Unit Eleven: Europe (3 weeks)

Fourth Quarter: 10 weeks

Unit Twelve: Career/Junior Achievement: (2 Weeks)

Unit Thirteen: Human Rights (3 weeks)

Unit Fourteen: Global Topics/Religion (2 weeks)

Create A Country/Final Assessment (2 weeks)

Contact information:

• Voice Mail- (612) 668-8348
• e-mail: hayley.forrest@mpls.k12.mn.us