Holmes-Peoples, Melissa

Ms. Peoples

Welcome to my class!  This will be my 12th year as a Yellow Jacket but this will be my 18th year in education. I teach World History and am in Room 35 in the Annex Building. The easiest and quickest way to contact me is through my Email Ms. Peoples

Education:

West Davidson High School - Diploma

University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Bachelor of Arts in English

Certifications - Elementary Education (K-6)

Language Arts 6-9

English 9-12 

Contact Information:

Email Ms. Peoples

Classroom / Grade-Level Expectations

Expectations for the Classroom: 

1)   Come to class prepared and ready to learn when bell rings.

2)   Respect yourself and others.  Manners! Manners! Manners!

3)   Raise your hand for permission to speak or leave your seat during specific times of class.

4)   Food and electronic devices not permitted unless school related.

Homework

Homework assignments are posted in the classroom EVERYDAY.

No Homework on the weekends.

Resources

Current Units of Study

Unit 1

Historical Skills

"Thinking like a Historian"   

Unit 2

Ancient Civilizations

"Sun rise, Sun set" 

Unit 3

Rise and Fall of Empires

"Effects of Expanding Empires"

Unit 4

World Religions

"The Big 5"

Unit 5

Middle Ages

"Middle Ages" 

Unit 6

Renaissance and Exploration

"The World Shrinks" 

Unit 7

Revolutionary Ideas

"Changes throughout the World" 

Unit 8

Industrialization, Imperialism, and WWI

“Industrialization, Imperialism and WWI”   

Unit 9

Interwar Years and WWII

"Interwar Years and WWII"

Unit 10

Post World War II

"The World Divides"  

Unit 11

1950-2000

"Changes brought by Global Wars"

Daily Schedule

1st Block 

8:30 am - 10:05 am

2nd Block

10:10 am - 11:45 am

1st Lunch. 

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

3rd Block

12:20 pm - 1:45 pm

4th Block 

Planning