March 30 - Mapping Monday

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class you should have worked on and completed your third Current Event.  If and when you completed the Current Event you should have worked on your Latin America Map Packets.

Current Event #7 should be on a newsworthy event in Latin America.

Current Event #7 Worksheet

Remember you need to make a copy and title it P(2 or 6)_first and last name_Current Event #7

Remember to review any comments I made on your previous Current Events to avoid making the same mistake twice!

Also don't forget that your Africa Timelines are due by midnight tonight as well!

You also received you Latin America Maps and Word Banks today.  Your Map test will be on Wednesday of Next Week (April 8).

Always great seeing you all today!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 27

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we discussed apartheid in South Africa during the 20th century.  After discussing the development and end of apartheid we began watching Invictus.

Your Africa Timelines are due on Monday by midnight to Google Classroom!

I will be providing you with physical Latin America maps on Monday, but you can see the digital copies below.

Latin America Political Map

Latin America Physical Map

Latin America Map Word Bank

Your Latin America Map Test will be on April 6

Don't forget that you will also have Current Event #7 due Monday night so do not procrastinate on your timelines!

Have a great weekend you all!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 25

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we discussed the aftermath of the events in Hotel Rwanda, the Rwandan Genocide and the 1st and 2nd Congo Wars.  After we discussed these events you started working on a Timeline Project.  You can find the directions for the Timeline Project below.

Use the directions from the PPT

Rwanda and Congo Wars PPT

Use this template as a starting point for your creation (remember only one member of your group should create the document and then share it with the other group members).  Make a copy of this so you can work on it.

Timeline Template

Directions:

1. Create timeline (1800-2013) of:
1. Pre-Imperial Central Africa
1. 1+ Event/Concept
2. Imperial Central Africa
1. 1+ Event/Concept
3. Post-Imperial Central Africa
1. 4-6 Events/Concepts
4. Please use a color code for each section!  Use the list of events/concepts
2. For each concept:
1. Identify:
1. Name of Concept/Event
2. When? (Date)
3. Who (was involved)?
4. What and where (happenings in which part of Central Africa)?
5. Why (is this important)?
3. Once you have finished collecting your data
1. Include visual documents to support each timeline description (charts/graphs/maps/photographs/political cartoons)

You will be working in groups of 2-3 and will submit your document as a shared work.  Only the original creator will be turning it in so it is important that all of your group member's names appear in the title and the document!

This timeline will be due on Friday at midnight to Google Classroom (subject to change, remember to check the blog for updates!)

Take care all!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

Congo Wars Edpuzzle

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Don't forget that we have the Africa Map Test on Monday!  I will not be in class so I will be collecting your Africa Map Packets on Wednesday when I return.  There is one assignment I would like you to complete before coming to class on Wednesday.  It is a new online program "edpuzzle" which allows you to watch videos and answer questions that I assign.

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

Please create an EDpuzzle account in order to work on and complete the assignment.

Use the class code - eLYBB5

Please watch the video below and answer the questions.

March 20

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we watched Hotel Rwanda.  We will be wrapping up our discussion of the Rwandan Genocide on Wednesday of next week. 

Don't forget about the Africa Map test on Monday!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 18

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we wrapped up our Rwanda Scavenger hunt and then reviewed the answers.  We also summarized the Scavenger hunt information and discussed how it relates to the movie that we started watching today.  At the end of the period we began watching the film, Hotel Rwanda, which we will finish on Friday.

Don't forget that our Africa Map test is on Monday!

Tomorrow during Tutorial I will be hosting a Africa Map Kahoot contest in preparation for Monday's Map Test (we will open up the curtain and do this with Mr. Thiemann's tutorial class).

Mr. Marchetti

PS - Here is a website that may be a good tool to practice for the map test
Africa Map Quiz

March 16 - Mapping Monday

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class you should have worked on and completed your third Current Event.  If and when you completed the Current Event you should have worked on your Africa Map Packets.

Current Event #6 should be on a newsworthy event in Africa.

Current Event #6 Worksheet

Remember you need to make a copy and title it P(2 or 6)_first and last name_Current Event #6

Remember to review any comments I made on your previous Current Events to avoid making the same mistake twice!


Always great seeing you all today!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

PS - Don't forget that the Africa Map Test is next Monday, March 23!

March 13

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we finished our lecture discussion on Africa history, covering the modern portion of the continent today.

After that we worked on a Rwanda Scavenger Hunt.  For this activity you need the following documents in order to successfully complete it. 

First open and make a copy of the worksheet that you will be using for this activity.

Rwanda Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

Follow the directions in class in order to find the information and fill out the worksheet.  You will be using the resource document below to find your information.  You will only be reading one of the pages from the document, and then communicating with others from class in order to answer the other questions.

Rwanda Scavenger Hunt Document

Don't forget that the Africa Thinglink is due on Monday morning!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 11

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we finished episode 3 of Guns, Germs, and Steel.  After we finished we reviewed the guided questions sheet and then transitioned into discussing Africa.

We started our unit of study on African History by discussing and taking notes on an overview of African history.

Your homework is to begin working with a new digital tool Thinglink!

The directions for this assignment are on the PPT from today's lesson and are duplicated below:
1.  Interact with theThingLink below.  Make sure to watch the video on how to use it.
2.  Sign up for ThingLink - Use invite code UK9N3K and a student account
3.  Make a ThingLink of African Regions
   A.  Northern Africa, Central Africa, South Africa, Eastern Africa, & West Africa
      i.  You must describe the: Climate, resources, historic governments/people/religion, and imperial rulers for each region
      ii.  This can mostly be found in this African History PPT
   B.  Must have:
      i.  Africa Map as base image
      ii.  1 or more link(s) for each of the regions (minimum of 5 total)
      iii.  1 or more video(s) for each of the regions (minimum of 5 total) 

I look forward to seeing you all again soon ladies and gentlemen!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 9 - Mapping Monday

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class you should have worked on and completed your third Current Event.  If and when you completed the Current Event you should have worked on your Africa Map Packets.

Current Event #5 should be on a newsworthy event in Africa.

Current Event #5 Worksheet
Remember you need to make a copy and title it P(2 or 6)_first and last name_Current Event #5

Remember to review any comments I made on your previous Current Events to avoid making the same mistake twice!

Today I passed out the Africa Map Packets.  If you need additional copies use the document links below to replace a lost or damaged sheet.  (Map Test is on March 23)

Africa Map Packet Word Bank

North Africa Political Map

West and Central Africa Political Map

East and Southern Africa Political Map

Africa Physical Map

Always great seeing you all today!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti 

PS - Here are the map instructions
1. Country Names –All Capital Letters – EGYPT (black)

2. Capital or major cities – First Letter Capital, the rest lower case – San Diego (red) 

3. Bodies of Water labeled in Blue – Amazon (blue) 

4. Landforms labeled in blue

5. Orientation – always with a North designation (readable left to right without rotation)

6. Political Maps – each country a different color

7. Physical map colored like the vegetation

March 6

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we wrapped up our discussion on Guns, Germs, and Steel and we began watching the documentary based on the book.  We are answering a guided viewing question sheet while we are watching the documentary.  We will be starting the Africa Map Packets on Monday.

Have a great weekend ladies and gentlemen.

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 4

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we discussed the readings for Guns, Germs, and Steel.  We discussed the multiple reasons that the human race has diverged and developed as it did.  We continued going over the readings together for the first section and then skimmed through the other four. 

On Friday we will be watching the third episode from the documentary based on Guns, Germs, and Steel and we will begin discussing the impact on Africa.

I look forward to seeing you all again! 

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

March 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class you took your Europe Map Tests!  I hope that you all feel good about your performance today.  We will be continuing our discussions about Guns, Germs, and Steel on Wednesday.  Please be sure to finish your annotations and come to class prepared to discuss. 

Have a great one ladies and gentlemen!

Dif-tor heh smusma,

Mr. Marchetti

Tomorrow

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Just a reminder that we have our Europe Map Test tomorrow!  I hope that you have been studying!  There are 72 items on the test across all four maps.

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

‘oy’be’lu’chugh Qapbe’lu’

Dif-tor heh smusma,

Mr. Marchetti

In tribute to a lifelong personal hero.