tpack questions

Content:
Standard 2
Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.
Objective 1- Evaluate key factors that determine how a community develops.
Indicators:Identify the elements of culture (e.g. language, religion, customs, artistic expression, systems of exchange). Compare elements of the local community with communities from different parts of the world (e.g. industry, economic specialization )
Identify and explain the interrelationship of the environment (e.g. location, natural resources, climate) and community development (e.g. food, shelter, clothing, industries, markets, recreation, artistic creations).

Pedagogy: All of the activities the students will be doing are active and involved. The content material will be directly applied and the learning will be guided, but also students will be able to discover on their own. Some of the work will be in groups and partners, while some of the activities are individual. While using google earth all of the students will be working individually to make sure they understand to program and can use it effectively. There will not be very much direct instruction in these lessons, but more hands-on work and students will present for the class on some of the topics.
Technology: Students will be using google earth and different links within it to find weather, location, geography etc. Students will also be using the general internet and looking up information on it.

tour plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. New York city, New York	Students will find the Empire State building in NY then, compare and contrast it to a building that we have here in Provo, Utah. Look at height, sizes and attributes of each the share findings with the class. Tie their findings into how the buildings and area affect the community and the culture.	Students will find information on the two buildings using the internet and then they will look at the buildings in 3d view using google earth.
2. Hawaiian Islands	Write a journal entry about what they would do if they had one day to spend on the Hawaiian islands. As a class we are pretending to go on a trip and each student needs to find out what the current weather is and then then write down what they would pack.	With google earth look at the weather layer and the climate there. Then search the internet for the forecast for the coming week.
3. Giza, Egypt	Have students draw the pyramids in an art lesson, and then have a class discussion on how our lives would be different if we were still ruled by pharaohs and if we still built structures like the pyramids.	Students will look at the pyramids in google earth with the 3d view and understand their incredible size. Then they will do an internet search for dynasties and what periods the pyramids were built in and why they were built.
4. Washington D.C., White House	Students will write mock letters to the President of the United States telling what they think about how he's running the country. Talk about a democratic society and how our country is working and has worked.	Using google earth students will search for the white house, in Washington D.C. They will do a street view of the building and look at the surroundings. Then students will break into groups and find different information on the building, surrounding area and background of our government.
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