EGYPTIAN RELICS IN GOOGLE EARTH
EDIT 654 OL
By Mya Baker
Prof. K. Tsamasiros
Subject Area and Grade Level
Social Studies
6th and 7th Graders
Materials
Computer and Internet
Google Earth
New York Standards
Social Studies
Standard 2: World History
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Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras,
themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a
variety of perspectives.
Standard 3: Geography
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Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the
interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people,
places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.
Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Standard 5: Technology
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Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products
and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.
Instructional Goals and Objectives
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Compare and contrast the
history and geography
surrounding the monuments
and buildings of ancient Egypt
and today.
Collaborate to create a
multimedia trip in Google Earth
that outlines historic and
geographic locations of the most
famous relics, like Pyramid of
Giza.
Create a blog and a map with
annotates that informs and
analyzes the historic sites and
relics in Egypt Description of
Activity/Procedure.
Description of Activities/Content
Introduction:
In this project-based lesson students will create a multimedia
“Egypt” tour where they’ll discover ancient historic structures
juxtaposed on the geography of what it is now today.
Students will compare and contrast monuments and
buildings delving into past history and current geography as
they explore the streets of Egypt. They’ll share their travels
and gained knowledge by creating their own virtual 3D
learning experience in Google Earth and by “blogging” their
journey and creating a map with placemarks (Eck208, 2009).
Content (con’t)
Procedure:
Teachers create a short Egypt tour using Google Earth 6.0
to introduce students to touring in Google Earth and to
provide direct instruction on using the Google Earth
interface. Next, the teacher outlines for students these
directions in the form of a student challenge by showing a
Google presentation based on the things to look for on the
tour.
Content (Con’t)
Independent Practice
Student travel teams set up a Google Site http://sites.google.com/ for team planning or team planning and
to serve as a finalized travel guide. As they explore Google Earth, they select their ten Egyptian places to go
according to Ancient Egyptian locations. Each page of their Google Site will reference one of those locations.
Travel teams can add “pages” and “files” to the Google Site and will add the Google Earth KMZ file on their trip
when finished. Travel pages will include information on each locale and a description on the historical
information teams discover. Team’s Google Earth Sites pages will explain the significance of their locale and how
the structure, building or monuments were part of Egyptian History. The teams will also include descriptions and
images of Egypt today taking notice of the current geography and structures. Research sources for images and
information is to be included in Alphabetical Order (Heritage Key, 2009-2011).
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Student travel teams also set up a blog on http://www.tumblr.com where they’ll post daily about their
virtual ten-day trip to Egypt. Each student team in turn, posts to the blog. Class members will read blogs as trips
unfold and contribute comments. Blog entries include descriptions of place, a discourse on the history of the
locale, a journal account of the trip and at least one video of their personal account.
Student teams create a multimedia tour of their trip in Google Earth. Students reference and add
“placements” at each destination on their trip with anecdotes. As they stop at each Ancient Egypt location they
have selected they can learn more by following the links in the Ancient Egypt placemarks.
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Content (Con’t)
Closure
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Once the student tour is complete, students save
the file to their desktop of the computer and then attach
it as a file on Google Site travel guide so other students
can access it.
Students recap their adventure with the class by
showing their tour and sharing their travel guide in a
PowerPoint presentation.
Bibliography
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Eck208. (2009, January 11). Ancient Egypt- Archaeological Sites from
Ancient Egypt. Retrieved December 17, 2011, from Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&t=k&sour
ce=embed&msa=0&msid=11229411571973437.004603c009fa4e95c7a
b
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Heritage Key. (2009-2011). Heritage Key. Retrieved December 17, 2011,
from Heritage Key, Google Earth: Ancient Egypt Tour:
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/prad/google-earth-tour-ancient-egypt
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New York State Academy for Teaching and Learning. (n.d.). New York
State Learning Standards. Retrieved December 17, 2011, from New York
State Academy for Teaching and Learning:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/nysatl/standards.html?textonly=
Links and Bookmarks
Links
Google Earth Users Guide,
http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4
/
Heritage Key, Google Earth: Ancient
Egyptian Tour,http://heritagekey.com/blogs/prad/google-earthtour-ancient-egypt
Ancient Egypt – Archaeological Sites
from Ancient
Egypt,http://maps.google.com/maps/
ms?gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&t=k&so
urce=embed&msa=0&msid=11339411
5719734370397.0004603c009fa4e95c
7ab
Bookmark for
sites used
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Assessment
Using a rubric teachers assess:
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Quality and accuracy of research information - Multimedia tour
shows evidence of content research and Egyptian history and
geography knowledge. Sources are cited correctly.
Student Blogs accounts are show informative and entertaining
writing. They have a clear and meaningful description of the trips
location show an understanding of the events of the time.
Quality and participation in posts to the Google Site pages. In their
page posts students are able to compare and contrast Egypt of
today with Ancient Egypt
 Student teams self-critique their tours and Google Site.