August 31 - Intro Fairy Tale Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be finishing our discussion of the Five Themes of Geography and then we will be starting our Fairy Tale Projects!  This is one of my favorite projects for the year.  You will be working with others to research another country and then rewrite a fairy tale as if it took place there.  This is supposed to be creative and fun so enjoy it!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 Themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. Finish: 5 Themes Discussion
1. HTC #2
2. HT #4
3. Intro: Fairy Tale Project
1. Assign Teams
2. Assign Countries
3. Start Work!
4. CFU on Directions

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today folks.  You and your partner need to stay on top of this project so that you can complete it on time!  Don't worry, this is a lot of work but it is totally worth it!  Take care everyone and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-31-2017 PPT

Weekly Announcements

August 29 - Intro Geography and Discuss 5 Themes

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen!  It is great to see you again after a prolonged time apart!  I hope that you feel like you know your classmates better after our partner presentations.  Today we are starting our first content unit about Geography!  This is a nice little intro that will lead us into one of my favorite projects for the year, which we will start on Thursday.  I hope you are all doing well and adjusting to high school!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Work collaboratively to create a map of the world in under 10 minutes
2. Define the 5 Themes of Geography and provide an example of each theme

Agenda:

1. Table Group Activity: Map of the World
2. Discuss: 5 Themes of Geography
3. HTC #2

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you learned some good stuff today!  Anything we didn't get to, we will finish on Thursday.  Take care and have a wonderful evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-29-2017 PPT

August 24 - Google Drive Instruction Day 4

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be introducing our partner's to everyone!  This should be fun!  Remember that I am looking for us all to be practicing good presentation skills!  Your presentations should have already been turned in and thus will be ready to go from my Google Classroom.  This is our last day together for the week so I hope that its a good one!  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Present information about a peer using Google Presentation and best practices of presenting

Agenda:

1. Quick Discussion: Presentation Guidelines
1. Presentation Guidelines
2. Presentation Rubric
2. Presentation: "About Me"

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that you enjoyed learning more about each other, I know I did!  Have a wonderful weekend you all, I look forward to seeing you again on Monday!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-24-17 PPT

August 22 - Google Drive Instruction Day 3

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be continuing our work with your Paragraph about yourself.  Except today is going to be even more exciting because you will be creating a Slideshow to introduce your partner!  First we will be going over some of the functions of Google Slides, then you will get time to work on your partner's introduction.  After that we will do a short tutorial on good presentation skills.  This should be pretty quick and fun so I am looking forward to seeing what you got!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a presentation using Google Apps and give an oral presentation

Agenda:

1. History Today #3
2. Discuss: Google Presentation
3. Presentation Creation: "About Me"
1. Presentation Guidelines
2. Presentation Rubric
4. Presentation Tutorial: Presentation on Presentations

Homework:

1. Finish Presentation and be ready to Present on Thursday!

That's all for today folks!  I hope that you were able to get everything done in class!  If you were not able to finish you will need to by Thursday so that you will be ready to present!  I hope you have the best evening and I look forward to seeing you all again on Thursday!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-22-17 PPT

August 21 - Google Drive Instruction Day 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be catching up on our Paragraph about me assignments as well as organizing our Google Drive Accounts.  Remember that it is a Monday schedule (like Wednesday last week) and so we have a shortened amount of time together.  I hope that you all had great weekends, and are excited for your first FULL week of high school!  This should be good!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create folders and subfolders in Google Drive in order to practice proper file organization
2. Discuss 21st Century Skills

Agenda:

1. History Today #2
2. Catch Up: Paragraph About Me
1. Star Trek Partners
3. File Organization: Google Drive
4. Discuss: 21st Century Skills

Homework:

1. Finish Paragraph About Me and Submit to Google Classroom!

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you were able to accomplish most of what you needed to!  Remember that those Paragraphs are due to Google Classroom tonight!  I am so happy to see you all again after a weekend apart.  I hope you have a great evening and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-21-17 PPT

August 17 - Google Drive Instruction

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to your first block day of school here at the wonderful Leland High School.  Today in class we are easing into our curriculum for the year.  This class starts out at a fairly easy pace but ramps up in rigor and difficulty as we go.  Today we will be reviewing some key components of digital literacy, which it is vital that you learn for the rest of your high school career here!  I'm looking forward to working with you all today!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Access docs, understand procedures, and practice the functionality of Chromebooks and Google Drive

Agenda:

1. History Today #1
2. Discuss: Google Drive and Chromebooks
3. Practice: Google Docs
4. Start: About Me Paragraph
5. HTC #1

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that it wasn't too scary for you!  Because of block scheduling I will not see you again until Monday.  I hope that you all have wonderful weekends and don't forget to do your homework!  Take care everyone!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-17-17 PPT

August 16 - First Day of School

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to your first day of High School!  This is going to be sweet!  This is World Cultures and Geography.  The nice thing about this class is that we will be using a lot of digital technology in this course.  We will be examining the culture and geography of the world and people around us.  This will provide some excellent foundations for your future social studies courses.  I am a history fanatic and I expect all of you (regardless of how much you personally like history) to treat this class with respect.  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Review course design and syllabus through discussion and questioning

Agenda:

1. Seating Chart (Find your number)
2. Introduction: Who is Mr. Marchetti?
3. Review: World Cultures Syllabus
4. Homework Work Time

Homework:

1. Google Classroom Assignment
1. Period 1 - tivuf5f
2. Period 3 - r0hdyk
3. Period 5 - 4cefny
2. Syllabus Signature
3. Bring History Today materials by Thursday (tomorrow)
4. Sign up to follow the blog and Remind

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that I didn't shock you with too much information.  This class is fun if you put the time and effort into it that it deserves.  Don't forget your homework!  I hope that you all have a wonderful first day of high school!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-16-2017 PPT

Sign Up For Remind

Welcome to High School!

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year and you first year of high school!  And welcome to World Cultures and Geography!  One thing you will learn about me very quickly is that I passionately love History!  I have loved the topic of history for my entire life.  It is my earnest desire that you will approach  this class with a sincere intent to learn and improve as a student and citizen.  You may not personally love history, but while you are here I expect you to treat it with respect!  The only thing I love more in my life than history is my wife.  I have a lot of other interests such as comic books, board games, movies, TV shows, sports (especially football!).  I have a pretty wide comic collection in my classroom that you are free to peruse whenever you have a free moment and even borrow if you ask.  I also have a small collection of board games that you are free to try during tutorial or another open time period.  If you ever have any questions or need any help just ask, I am always available to help out those who seek it.  I am very excited to be working with you all this school year!

I would definitely spend some time examining the many links found on this blog site as most of the resources that you will need throughout the year can be found here!  See you soon!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti