Christopher+Taylor's+Lesson+Plan

For this project I chose to use Google Earth to help teach a class about how geography influenced colonial establishments. Complete details of the lesson plan can be viewed under the attachment along with worksheets as well as a pictorial step by step instruction of how to use this lesson. I will have students break into three groups and each use Google Earth to view the landscape of a separate colony which could include Jamestown, Barbados, or Quebec. In the group they will navigate to that city and then following directional coordinates provided by me, search for a particular picture that will show them what the city may have looked like when it was settled. They will then use the zoom options to further investigate the geography of the region to determine how geographic features influenced the settlement of these colonies.Once the students have accomplished this and filled out their group worksheet they will be assigned to duplicate this project for another students to follow the next day.