TPACK for Virtual Tour

Social Studies Core Corriculum for 6th Grade:

Standard 1
Students will understand how ancient civilizations developed and how they contributed to the current state of the world.

Objective 1 Explain why physical geography affected the development of early civilizations

a. Identify the major physical features of the regions where ancient civilizations flourished.

Content: The content that I will be to view and discover four different ruins and the cultures that built them. The students will learn about the Roman, Mayan, Egyptian, and Chinese civilization and how these different cultures contributed to the world we know today. The students will be able to compare and contrast the information that they learned about each particular ruin and the culture behind it.

Pedagogy: The activity will have to be presented in a way that will be helpful to the students' learning. I believe that this can be achieved by having the children study one group of ruins at a time. Once the students have gained an understanding of all the four ruins then we could compare and contrast them so they will not confuse which information goes to what ruin. Also, in order to make the activities more meaningful I will try to focus the lesson on the students by asking if they have been to these ruins, if they would like to go, what they think they would find there, etc

Technology: The Technology that I will be using in the lesson is Google Earth and the Internet to go to these websites:

http://www.enjoyguatemala.com/ruins.htm, http://www.italylink.com/woi/buildings/colosseum.htm,

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/pyramid3.htm,

and http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/greatwall.htm

These websites will help the children answer the questions that they are give about the ruins and their civilizations. These technologies will help the children gain knowledge and understanding of where the ruins are around the world.

Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Tikal, Guatemala	The students will be asked to go to this website: http://www.enjoyguatemala.com/ruins.htm and answer some questions about the Mayan Ruins by reading the article. Then after looking at all the other ruins the students will compare and contrast the four different ruins.	A picture of the Mayan ruins in Tikal, Guatemala
2.Rome, Italy	The students will be asked to go to this website: http://www.italylink.com/woi/buildings/colosseum.html and answer some questions about the Colosseum by reading the article. Then after looking at all the other ruins the students will compare and contrast the four different ruins.	A picture of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy
3.Giza, Egypt	The students will be asked to go to this website: http://www.eyelid.co.uk/pyramid3.htm and answer some questions about the Pyramids of Giza by reading the article. Then after looking at all the other ruins the students will compare and contrast the four different ruins.	A picture of the Pyramids of Giza in Giza, Egypt
4.Northern China	The students will be asked to go to this website: http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/greatwall.htm and answer some questions about the Great Wall of China by reading the article. Then after looking at all the other ruins the students will compare and contrast the four different ruins.	A Picture of the Great Wall of China in Northern China
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	I am going to use an image overlay in my Virtual Tour Plan. The pictures will be of the different ruins that we are discussing and will be placed on their location on the globe. That way when the students are looking for where to go in the tour, they will be able to easily locate the four areas.