My google Tour

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1.The Acropolis, Athens, Greece	Looking at the the antient temple, and describing some mythology that took place there.	Viewing Acropolis
2. The Colosseum	Continue to tell about the importance this theatre in greek culture. Put on a play in class	View more picture of the Colosseum
3. Look over where Sparta and Troy were.	Explain about the Trojan War	Watch a video on the Trojan war
4.Cape Sounio	Talk about Poseidon, share some myths about him and the temple	Show pictures of Poseidon

For my lesson it comes from the 1st Standard in the 6th grade Social Studies curriculum. This standards states that students will understand how anciet civilizations developed and how they contributed to the current state of the world. The objective is analyze how the earliest civilizations created technologies and systems to meet community and personal needs. Greece created myths to explain why things came to be. This met the personal needs of Greeks because they needed to know why they were here, and why things happened. Mythology is the way Greeks chose to do this. I chose Greece because Greek mythology is so fascinating and I really think students would love hearing all about the anciet Greeks. The Google Earth tour would be a great way to show this because they could really see the all the anciet buildings. I think it would just make the experience real for the students. Google earth tours are an awesome tool to use in the classroom.