Welcome to KRHS

Renaissance Chart

Hello and welcome to Kingswood!  I hope you had a great summer and are looking forward to an excellent year of high school.  I look forward to getting to know you and help you learn about the history of our world, and how it came to be the way it is today!

School's Out For Summer!

Review Sheets for Final

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Final Exam Project

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World at War

Alliances

Bearded Communists

French Revolution

English Revolution

ROYAL POWER AND CONFLICT

Louis XIV

Can you name these famous explorers and the tools they use to navigate?

The most wonderful piece of Renaissance Art ever created?

Middle Ages Unit Survey

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, today we're going to start to study a period in history known as the Renaissance.  Before we begin, I'm hoping to take care of some housecleaning.  Would you please check your email, powerschool grades and missing assignments?  I'd like to have these updated as soon as possible.  

The last thing I would like you to do, would be to take a survey to help Mrs. Meserve and I understand your thoughts.  Thank you!!

MIDDLE AGES SURVEY

The Middle Ages

Welcome to the Fourth Quarter!  Let's dive in to the Middle Ages, click on the tab above!

Welcome Back

I hope you guys had a great vacation, please check your grades in Powerschool, they've all been updated.  We have finished Unit 1 and are now moving on to Unit 2.  Please choose that page on your right.

Please navigate by using the Unit links to your right.  We are currently studying Unit 1.

Monday January 28th

Go over the Course Outline and Expectations and completed student information sheets.

Tuesday January 29th

Begin the Unit 1 PowerPoint, put 17 vocabulary words in your notebook and watch "Toward Civilization" video with questions.

Wednesday January 30th

Go over vocabulary, Continue with Unit 1 PowerPoint and notes, 

Thursday January 31st
Mr. Joy will be out today, please be kind to the substitute and complete your assignment.

Watch 20 minute video "From Nomads to Farmers", Answer Neo Rev Questions using pages 26-36 in the textbook.  

Friday February 1st
Continue Unit 1 Powerpoint, Discuss answers to Neo Rev Questions, Current Event article(1 Paragraph of Summary and 1 Paragraph of Opinion)

Monday February 4th
Today, we'll finish the Unit 1 Powerpoint and begin to write the Neolithic Revolution Essay.  Please look at the Neolithic Revolution Essay Rubric. Your assignment will be to write an essay that describes how the neolithic revolution led to the development of civilization.  We'll also look at the iceman today.  He is someone who lived during and benefited from the Neo. Rev.

Tuesday February 5th
Go to the library and type our essays into Google docs.  You'll be submitting them to the assignment form on the blog.

Wednesday February 6th
I want to remind you today that we're done with library time to finish essays.  I'll be reading them and giving you feedback starting today.  Please remember to turn them in through the assignment drop box and don't forget to adjust your "share" settings.  In class today we're looking at the 7 traits of civilization, watching parts of a  video called "Guns, Germs and Steel" and getting ready for our Chapter 1 quiz.

Thursday February 7th
Take the Chapter 1 Quiz.
Begin the 7 Traits of Egypt and Mesopotamia chart.  

Friday February 8th
If it's a Blizzard Bag Day please look at that page on the blog.
  Finish the 7 traits of Egypt and Mesopotamia charts and discuss our results.  Complete a current event, summary and opinion.

Welcome to the 2nd semester!  I hope your first semster was a good one!  My goal is to always keep this blog updated for us to use as a resource.  If you're absent, check the blog.  If you are missing an assignment, check the blog.  If you want to know what's coming up, check the blog.  I hope this will be a valuable resource for all of us.  Please feel free to share this with your parents as well.  Welcome to World History!  Feel free to glance over our first unit of study.