Whitney+Fox

Google Earth is a fun technology which is very useful for Geography students. My use of the technology is to integrate it into a lesson where we discuss the influence of physical geography on cultural geography. Students will create their own mini tours of a historical site and explain how physical geography has changed that location over time.

Lesson Plan

 Name: Whitney Fox  Date of Lesson: December 14, 2010  Subject: Geography  Grade Level: 10th  Utah State Core Standard/Objective: UEN Standard 6 Objective 1:  Apply geographic concepts to interpret the past.

Apply an understanding of cultures as an integrated whole including traditions, behavior patterns, and technologies.
 * 1) Explain why and how individuals, groups, and institutions respond to continuity and change.
 * 2) Relate economic development to the distribution of resources.
 * 3) Recognize that both human choices and natural events have consequences.

Topic: Apply how Geography Affects Settlements

**Objective** : Students will be able to analyze settlement patterns in the modern world and understand why physical geography affects the cultural geography of different places.  Required Materials: Google Earth, Power point of ancient civilizations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Anticipatory Set** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 3 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Show a power point with pictures of what ancient civilizations may have looked like. See if students can identify locations from basic historical knowledge. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Communicate Objectives** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 2 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Explain to the students that civilizations change over time because of natural disasters and also because of conquest of other nations. Explain that they are going to learn about the modern version of those civilizations and apply their knowledge to understand why the settlements changed in the way that they did. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Input** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 10 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Give a basic background of the historical conquest in different areas in ancient history, including Greece, Great Britain, Egypt, and China. Then explain shortly how the natural disasters which occur in these areas can affect the progression of a civilization. Explain that since the civilizations were developed, they have changed and become hardly recognizable. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Modeling** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 10 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Using Google Earth, take a tour of one or more of the civilizations described. Show the power point picture from the ancient civilization and compare it to the modern picture and tour of the civilization. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Guided Practice** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 5 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Teach the students how they can make their own virtual tours of different places on earth using Google Earth. Explain the basic tools, then have them choose a civilization that is of interest to them. Have them create a mini tour in which they explore the area and then have them explain how natural disasters or conquest may have changed the settlement. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Closure** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 1 minute <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Reiterate the importance of geography in the way that civilizations grow and change. Remind students that geography can apply in many ways, more specifically in this lesson to apply it in a way that shows development in the world, from ancient to modern times. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Independent Practice** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Approximate Time 15-20 minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Have students continue to work on a short 1-2 minute virtual tour of their location of choice.

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 * Sample Student Tour to Greece: Must have Google Earth to view:**