November 29 - Continue Research Workshop

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  I hope that you are excited to continue learning about research!  Today in class we will work on, and ideally finish, our Research Workshop!  This may have been a difficult or even boring task, but this will help you so much in your future academic career, both in high school and beyond.  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Complete a multifaceted project in which you identify source types, search for information, identify material, and practice proper citation

Agenda:

1. Finish Research Workshop Project
2. HTC #14

Homework:

1. Submit Research Workshop Project

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you feel like you accomplished something!  Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-29-2018 PPT

November 27 - Continue Research Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  Today in class we will continue discussing sources and proper research guidelines and then we will be starting the research project.  This project will involve a great deal of academic effort and so it is imperative that you stay focused and do your best to get it done in a timely fashion.  I look forward to working with you all today!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the process of research with an emphasis on plagiarism and proper citation methods
2. Complete a multifaceted project in which you identify source types, search for information, identify plagiarized material, and practice proper citation

Agenda:

1. HT #24
2. Discuss Research Practices
1. Plagiarism
2. Citations
3. Start Research Workshop Project
1. Gale - Opposing Viewpoints
2. Gale - Sources in Context
4. HTC #13

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that this has been enlightening to you all!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-27-2018 PPT

November 26 - Start Research Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all today!  I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  We are on the downslope to the end of the semester and I hope that everyone is ready and focused to finish strong!  Today in class we will be starting our research project.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the process of research with an emphasis on source types and search engine usage

Agenda:

1. HT #23
2. Discuss: Research Practices
1. Types of Sources
2. How to Search

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you had a fantastic one and I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-26-2018 PPT

November 21 - Culture Quiz

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  It's the day before Thanksgiving, which means a few days off!  Huzzah!  Today in class we have one quick activity, our Culture Quiz!  I hope that you are all ready to go and take our quiz.  Let's get to it!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate knowledge about culture with an emphasis on its definition, how it is exemplified, and cultural interactions

Agenda:

1. Recap: Culture
2. Culture Quiz

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you all have a great one and feel good about your quiz.  Happy Thanksgiving!  See you next week!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-21-2018 PPT

November 20 - Finish Etiquette Project & Gallery Walk

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all!  Today in class we will be wrapping up our Etiquette Project!  You will have a significant amount of class time to work on and finish your Etiquette Projects, and then (time permitting) we will be presenting it to each other via a gallery walk.  I hope that you have had a good time researching and learning about a new etiquette.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. HT #22
2. Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
3. Etiquette Resource Site #1 (BEST)
4. Etiquette Resource Site #2
3. Etiquette Project Gallery Walk
4. HTC #12

Homework:

1. Submit Etiquette Project to Google Classroom!
2. Culture Quiz Tomorrow!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you have a great evening!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-15-2018 PPT

November 15 - Finish Etiquette Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all!  Today in class we will be wrapping up our Etiquette Project!  You will have a significant amount of class time to work on and finish your Etiquette Projects, and then (time permitting) we will be presenting it to each other via a gallery walk.  I hope that you have had a good time researching and learning about a new etiquette.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss how cultures interact
2. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. HT #21
2. Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
3. Etiquette Resource Site #1 (BEST)
4. Etiquette Resource Site #2
3. Etiquette Project Gallery Walk
4. HTC #12

Homework:

1. Culture Quiz on Wednesday! (Before Thanksgiving Break!)

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you have had a great week!  Always nice when it is a bit shorter!  Take care and have a great weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-15-2018 PPT

November 13 - Cultural Interactions and Continue Etiquette Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  I hope that you are doing well!  Today in class we will be doing the third and final part of our cultural discussion on cultural interactions.  We will then have more time to work on our Etiquette Projects.  I am excited to see what you all produce!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss how cultures interact
2. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. Discuss Culture
1. How cultures interact
2. Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
3. Etiquette Resource Site #1
4. Etiquette Resource Site #2
5. Etiquette Resource Site #3
3. HTC #11

Homework:

1. Etiquette Project Presentation (be prepared to refine it Thursday)

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying your projects!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-13-2018 PPT

November 8 - Continue Culture (Etiquette)

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  Today in class we will continue our Culture discussion.  If necessary we will finish anything we did not get to on Tuesday, and then we will roll into discussing Etiquette!  This is a particularly interesting aspect of culture and I am excited to get into it with you all!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Analyze etiquette of other countries and create a PPT to illustrate its cultural differences

Agenda:

1. Finish Culture Discussion and Activity from Tuesday
2. History Today #21
3. Discuss Culture
1. How it is exemplified
4. Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
3. Etiquette Resource Site #1 (BEST)
4. Etiquette Resource Site #2

Homework:

1. Finish Etiquette Project Research

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you have enjoyed our introductory discussions on culture.  Take care and have a fabulous three day weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-8-2018 PPT

November 6 - CE & Biomes Quiz and Introduce Cultre

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be taking our Columbian Exchange and Biomes Quiz and then we will be introducing and talking about Culture, our next major unit.  I am very excited to get into culture studies with you all!  I hope that you are ready for today!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Analyze the different aspects of culture through lecture/discussion and examining our own personal and national culture

Agenda:

1. CE & Biome Quiz
2. HT #20
3. Discuss Culture
1. What it is!
4. Activity: Personal Culture
1. Culture Worksheet #1
2. Culture Worksheet #2
5. HTC #10

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you have had a great one!  Take care and have a wonderful evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-6-2018 PPT

November 5 - Columbian Exchange Food Activity

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all!  Today in class you will have time to work on you Food Origins Activity.  Hopefully you find this activity as fun as I do!  I am excited to see what you all produce!  Let's get going!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Explore the origins of your favorite recipes and how the Columbian Exchange has impacted food today

Agenda:

1. Food Origins Activity
1. Origins of Animals (that may be in your recipe/dish)
2. Food Origin Map (that may be in your recipe/dish)
3. Interactive Map Website to color countries
2. HTC #9

Homework:

1. Finish and turn in Food origins activity to Google Classroom BEFORE 11:59pm
2. Columbian Exchange (CE) and Biome Quiz tomorrow!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you had a great one!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-5-2018 PPT

November 1 - Columbian Exchange Food Origins Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome all you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be starting a project where you will be exploring how your favorite foods are made!  this is a fun way to examine how the Columbian Exchange has impacted our world today.  You must explore where each of the ingredients that is in your favorite dish come from and then create a Google Slideshow that represents your favorite food! 😋  This should be fun!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Explore the origins of your favorite recipes and how the Columbian Exchange has impacted food today

Agenda:

1. History Today #19
2. Food Origins Activity
1. Origins of Animals (that may be in your recipe/dish)
2. Food Origin Map (that may be in your recipe/dish)
3. Interactive Map Website to color countries

Homework:

1. Reading/Writing Assignment due tonight
2. Food Origins Activity due Monday

That's all for the day folks!  I am excited to check out the recipes that you brought and slideshows that you created!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-1-2018 PPT