Planning Virtual Tour

My virtual tour will address the grade five Social Studies content core, standard two. The virtual tour will mainly serve to fulfill the first objective of standard two, because it will allow students to “see” and more fully experience some of the places/situations that played a role in the timeline of the American Revolutionary War. I chose to do a virtual tour on this topic because I love history, particularly the history of the United States, and I was excited to view some of these locations myself. I feel that Google Earth is an appropriate and exciting instructional approach to use for this curriculum standard; as opposed to some other approaches, this gives students a chance to bring some of these locations and situations to life rather than simply read about them in a dry textbook.

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1. Intersection of State St. and Devonshire St., Boston, MA (location of Boston Massacre)	According to our class discussion, and after reading the supplementary google material, write a journal entry as a person who witnessed the event. Consider these questions: Were you involved? Whose fault was it? Why do you think this was an important event?	Historical/personal accounts of the event to read
2. Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Ave OR Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum (near location of Boston Tea Party)	Watch the video showing a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party	Boston Tea Party reenactment Honolulu (Google videos)
3. Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA	Record your thoughts on how this area may have looked during the period of the Revolution. What things may have looked the same/different? After doing this, view the accompanying illustrations depicting the area at that time.	Illustrations/pictures of area (Google images)
4. Washington Crossing Historic Park (Delaware River)	Beginning from this location, determine how far Washington and his troops may have had to travel across the river to reach NJ.	Ruler tool on Google Earth