May 15 - Arab-Israeli Conflict Part 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome once again to our remote learning classroom!  I hope that you are all doing well and taking care of yourselves.  We will finish today our notes on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and I hope that you are all paying close attention.  The issues that we are learning about here continue to impact the world we live in and the policies our government makes.  I miss everyone!  Let's get down to business!

Objectives:

1. Discuss the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and complete a graphic organizer
2. Read and annotate a document on the origins of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict

Agenda:

1. Introduction to Arab-Israeli Conflict Part 2
1. Answer questions on Arab-Israeli Graphic Organizer
2. "Two Claims to Palestine" Reading and Annotation
1. Continue on your Google Document from Wednesday to complete the boxes on the last two pages of the document
2. Finish these boxes to turn in tomorrow!
1. The British Mandate of Palestine
2. Increasing Arab-Jewish Tensions
3. The British Mandate of Palestine Ends

Homework:

1. Arab-Israeli Graphic Organizer due Tonight!
2. "Two Claims to Palestine" Reading and Annotation due Tomorrow May 16!
3. Current Event #15 due Monday (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #15 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14
4. Asia Map test Monday May 18 (This coming Monday)
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you were able to learn something interesting and new!  I miss everyone!  Take care and have a great weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-15-2020 PPT

May 13 - Start the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back!  Once again we will be diving into a digital lesson today.  This will involve us discussing the Israeli-Palestine Conflict.  We will cover half of the notes today and then we will finish on Friday.  There is also a little reading activity that you will be doing as well.  This is an important topic in the world today and has driven U.S. foreign policy to a great extent in the last 40 years.  Let's get down to business!

Objectives:

1. Discuss the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and complete a graphic organizer
2. Read and annotate a document on the origins of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict

Agenda:

1. Watch Crash Course: Arab-Israeli Conflict (Answer questions on Graphic Organizer)
2. Introduction to Arab-Israeli Conflict Part 1
1. Answer questions on Arab-Israeli Graphic Organizer
3. "Two Claims to Palestine" Reading and Annotation
1. Create a Google Document to complete the boxes on the last two pages of the document
2. Finish these boxes before next class (Friday)
1. Ancient Palestine: The Ancient Homeland of both the Jews and Palestinians
2. Kingdom of Israel and Diaspora
3. Zionism
4. Jewish Immigration to Palestine

Homework:

1. Arab-Israeli Graphic Organizer due Friday May 15
2. "Two Claims to Palestine" Reading and Annotation due Saturday May 16
3. Current Event #15 due Monday (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #15 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14
4. Asia Map test Monday May 18 (This coming Monday)
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you were able to get everything done and I look forward to the time we get to see each other again.  Until that time let's keep up the good work!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-13-2020 PPT

May 11 - Mapping Monday #11

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome once again all you beautiful people!  It is a wonderful day to keep on learning and finding out about the world around us.  We got another Mapping Monday ahead of us!  Make sure to get that Current Event done, I feel like current events have become even more important given the circumstances in the world around us today.  I look forward to reading what you all come up with!

Objectives:

1. Locate and identify political and physical features of Asia
2. Research and summarize a current event from Asia

Agenda:

1. Mapping Monday

Homework

1. Current Event #14 due TONIGHT (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #14 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
2. Asia Map test Monday May 18
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that everyone is continuing to do well and keep up with your school routine for the best of your ability!  I miss you all and hope that you are doing well!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-11-2020 PPT

May 8 - Geography of the Middle East

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to another remote lesson!  We are becoming experts at doing this!  I really miss you all.  This is a weird and trying time to be creating these digital lessons and not be able to interact with you.  But we will be back to some version of normal eventually and lets make sure that we come out of this the best that we can.  I want you all ready to go on and succeed in your future history classes!  Let's get down to business!

Objectives:

1. Discuss the geography of the Middle East as well as its important people and resources

Agenda:

1. Introduction to Middle East Geography

Homework:

1. Middle East Geography Graphic Organizer due Saturday before 11:59PM
2. Current Event #14 due Monday (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #14 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
3. Asia Map test Monday May 18
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for today folks!  Next week we will be looking at one particular religious conflict, the Israeli-Palestine conflict.  This is an extremely important part of the world we live in today.  Hope you have a great weekend and take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-8-2020 PPT

May 6 - Introduction to Religious Conflict

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to once again be working with you remotely!  Today we will be diving into a fascinating but tragic topic, the history of religious conflict.  Today we will focus on a general overview of religious conflict and then we will be looking at some specific examples in the coming weeks.  As always I am excited to be working with you all!  Let's get down to business!

Objectives:

1. Discuss the history of religious conflict and its impact on the world around us

Agenda:

1. Introduction to Religious Conflict

Homework:

1. Religious Conflict Graphic Organizer due Tomorrow (Thursday) to Google Classroom
2. Current Event #14 due Monday (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #14 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
3. Asia Map test Monday May 18
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope you learned something new and interesting and I hope you are gaining a better understanding of how the world works around us.  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-6-2020 PPT

Class elections for next year

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Here is some info via Mrs. Walsh.  Hope you are all well!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

Class officer elections are happening 5/4- 5/6 (11:59pm). Voting links are below (also found here- https://leland.sjusd.org/student-resources/clubs-asb/):

·         Class of 2021: http://vote.5starstudents.com/317cd4

·         Class of 2022: http://vote.5starstudents.com/c930df

• Class of 2023: http://vote.5starstudents.com/6d4b3e

To login to 5starstudents, use your ID Number (no “s”), and the phone number where you get Mr. Park’s messages in this format (XXX)XXX-XXXX  (no spaces).  If you have having trouble logging in, please email Mrs. Walsh (mwalsh@sjusd.org). 

May 4 - Mapping Monday #10

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to another remote lesson!  I hope that everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves.  Do your best to stay on a routine to help maintain some kind of normalcy, this includes doing your school work!  This week we will be continuing our look at religion and diving into religious conflict, but that will start on Wednesday.  Today is yet another Mapping Monday!  Let's get right to it!

Objectives:

1. Locate and identify political and physical features of Asia
2. Research and summarize a current event from Asia

Agenda:

1. Mapping Monday

Homework

1. Current Event #13 due TONIGHT (Event from Asia/Oceania)
1. Current Event Mapping Instructions
1. Add CE #13 to the same map you did CE #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
2. Asia Map test Monday May 18
1. Digital Map Directions
1. For Asia you will be doing your map digitally so please follow these directions
2. You can also do it physically and take and upload a picture if you want
2. Asia Countries Quiz (Test prep)
3. Asia Physical Features Quiz (Test Prep) (make sure to customize)
4. Australia and Oceania Countries (Test Prep)
5. Australia Physical Features (Test Prep) Make sure to customize!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you are well.  I miss you all!  Take care!  May the Fourth Be With You!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

5-4-2020 PPT

Here is what Mr. Marchetti has read so far:

• Doing a Virtual Book Club with my Friends so far we have read
• Ready Player Oneby Ernest Cline
• Pretty good book!  Definitely better than the movie but I liked the movie as well.  It has a great science fiction backdrop and also a ton of pop culture references for people my age and older.
• The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
• Pretty good YA book that ties in with Disney parks.  Takes a while to get interesting but once it does it is fun.  Recommend for people who enjoy Disney Parks.
• On Basilisk Station (Next on our list) by David Weber
• I've read this one before.  It is part of the Honor Harrington series which is a great science fiction military/political story.
• Reading on my own
• Star Trek Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
• Ties into the recent Star Trek Picard series.  I didn't finish unfortunately because I got distracted by other books but it was an easy read and good up to the point I read.
• Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it by Gina Kolata
• This was a great and eye opening history of the science and history behind the Flu.  Gives a rundown of what happened in 1918 and then focuses on the search for the 1918 virus.  It is pretty scary to think that they have recreated the most deadly disease in human history in a lab in Atlanta.
• Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it Changed the World by Laura Spinner
• Another good book on the 1918 flu.  This one I chose because I wanted more history of what happened during the 1918 Flu.  It was eye opening.  I didn't realize how devastating the Flu was or how much it impacted the world.  Probably much more influential than World War I but few have known or talked about it.
• Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy by Donald L. Miller (Currently Reading)
• So far this is a great book!  Really enjoying the look at the western theater of the Civil War, which many ignore over the more famous eastern theater.  Also learning more about Grant which is interesting.