MACUL+Presentation+-+2011

= Using Google Earth to Teach U.S. History =

David Hales, Social Studies Consultant and Carol Mayer, Instructional Technology Consultant, Wayne RESA
Download **[|MACUL 2011 Presentation]**

Ways to Use Google Earth

 * Fly to historic or geographically significant locations
 * View the globe with selected layers activated
 * Make placemarks
 * Create your own tours
 * Draw lines and paths
 * Draw polygons
 * Overlay images on the map
 * Use already created tours
 * Integrate history with ELA - [|Google Lit Trips]

5th Grade Examples
[|Google Earth and the 13 Colonies] - sample KML file, lesson plan, research organizer, and rubric [|13 Colonies Class Project] - (KMZ) student project incorporating PowerPoint presentation and VoiceThread into Google Earth [|Early English Colonies] - (KMZ) includes Native American settlements in New England as well as significant landmarks [|Road to Revolution] - (KMZ) events that led up to the Revolutionary War including research activities for students [|Revolutionary War Sites] - (KMZ) annotated tour of the battle sites of the Revolutionary War

[|Google Lit Trips]
//My Brother Sam is Dead// by James Lincoln Collier - classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary War [|Lesson Plan for My Brother Sam Is Dead]

8th Grade Examples
[|Lewis & Clark's Expedition] - (KMZ) the trail of Lewis and Clark with annotations, images and journal entries [|Lewis_and_Clark_1814 Map] - (KMZ) historical map overlays the trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition [|Henry "Box" Brown] - (KMZ) overlay with [|Henry_Box_Brown_Teachers_Guide] [|Civil_War_by_Campaign] - (KMZ) extensive file includes all battles of Civil War by campaign [|The Trail of Tears] - (KMZ) locations along The Trail of Tears from Calhoun, GA to Fort Gibson, OK [|Trail of Tears - Routes] - (KMZ) shows alternate routes

[|Google Lit Trips]
//Underground to Canada// by Barbara Smucker - Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom, so when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help her and her friend escape, they are ready.

High School Examples
[|Civil Rights] - (KMZ) from W.W. Norton Publishers, includes important landmarks of the Civil Rights Movement with images, primary documents, and links to audio recordings [|WWII European Theater Tour] (KML) [|WWII the Pacific] (KML) [|Pearl Harbor Overlay]- (KML) 1941 overlay map [|Pearl_Harbor_Attacks] - (KMZ) Urbanization of America - Rumsey Historical Map Layer of Chicago in 1857

[|Google Lit Trips]
//The Grapes of Wrath// by John Steinbeck - During the Great Depression, the Joad family sets out on a journey to find new hope after losing everything they owned in Oklahoma. Along the way, they encounter experiences that reveal the dark underside of capitalistic economies.