World History with Ms. Elrod

Ms. Elrod’s first and fifth period Honors World History classes will begin our studies in Chapter 10 on Monday, November 30, 2009. Students will receive a list of important terms and concepts about “African Kingdoms” which they will be responsible for knowing. To complete our studies in Chapter 10, each student will be assigned a country in Africa to research and report about. Click here for project instructions, grading rubric, and contract.

Ms. Elrod’s second, third, and fourth period World History classes will be working on an alphabet book project beginning on Monday, November 30, 2009. All books are due on Monday, December 7, 2009. Click here for instructions, grading rubric, and project contract.

Can you believe it’s already time for Thanksgiving Break? Before we go, though, we have several items of business still remaining to complete our study about Muslim Civilization in Chapter 9. Please click here to see our plans for this week.

Hope everyone has a fun and safe break!

Hope everyone has had a restful weekend! Here is a look at what we’ll be doing this week: click here to view our weekly overview for Nov. 16 through Nov. 20, 2009.

Click here to view our weekly overview for November 9 -13. Be sure to study for our Unit 2 Test on Thursday, Nov. 12. REMEMBER: We are out of school Wednesday, Nov. 11 for Veterans’ Day!

Here’s a look at our plans this week: click here to access our weekly overview.

There are forty-three “Key Terms” in chapters six and seven. This assignment is designed to help you review the ideas that we discussed about Rome, Early Christianity, and the Americas in preparation for our upcoming unit two exam. There are three assignment options that you may choose from. Click here for details.

Here’s a look at what we’ll be doing for the week of Oct. 26 through Oct. 30! Click here to see our daily plans in World History. Please note that these plans may change as needed.

Happy Monday! I will now be uploading weekly plans in an effort to keep you up-to-date in regards to our World History Classwork and Projects. Click here to access our World History plans for the week of October 19 – 23, 2009. These plans are subject to change as needed. Please contact me if you have questions or concerns!

Welcome back from Fall Break! I hope that everyone had a restful four-day weekend. We had a wonderful homecoming week here at Southwind: Go Jaguars!

Here’s a look at our Second Quarter Syllabus (front page and back page), if you want to know what we’ll be studying between now and our Winter Break!