2010-2011+Social+Studies+Curriculum+Trimester+3

**Trimester 3: Philadelphia Virtual Tour** toc

Project Steps

 * S ** **tep 1: Background Information from Books and Videos**
 * Read aloud books to build student background knowledge about "Philadelphia - Then and Now"
 * (Have class sets of books to use during language arts time that would also build background knowledge.)
 * (Get names of books and provide a set to each teacher or school possibly with study guide)
 * Use Discovery Streaming to find videos about the history of Philadelphia to show the students.

Vocabulary

**Possible Books:**
 * __The Scarlet Stockings Spy__ by Trinka Hakes Noble
 * __Let's Go, Philadelphia__ by Patricia Reily Giff
 * [|Philadelphia] Balcer, Bernadette.
 * [|Historic Philadelphia] Cooper, Jason
 * [|P is for Philadelphia] Korman, Susan.
 * [|Patriots, pirates, heroes & spies: stories from historic Philadelphia] edited by Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd.
 * [|Saving the Liberty Bell] McDonald, Megan.
 * __Back in time with Benjamin Franklin: a Qwerty Stevens adventure__ by Dan Gurman (Guided Groups IL 3.6 RL 5.3)
 * [|Independence Hall] Steen, Sandra.
 * [|Betsy Ross : patriot of Philadelphia] St. George, Judith
 * [|Let's go, Philadelphia!] Giff, Patricia Reilly
 * [|Back in time with Benjamin Franklin : a Qwerty Stevens adventure] Gutman, Dan.
 * [|Qwerty Stevens, stuck in time with Benjamin Franklin] Gutman, Dan.
 * [|Millennium Philadelphia : the last 100 years] by the staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 * [|William Penn & Pennsylvania] Schlessinger Media ; Stone House Productions ; producers, Cheryl Carlesimo & Craig Rogers ; writer, Kate Youngdahl ; director, John McCally.

**Step 2 - Background Information from a Webquest**
 * Students participate in the Web Site Project "Race Through Philadelphia"
 * @http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/Kids/start.html

**Step 3 - Introduction to Virtual Tour / Google Earth** http://www.philaplace.org/
 * Students will be introduced to the idea of the virtual tour through an already created tour.
 * Teachers will use a pre-created tour of Whitpain Township, or another town, to demonstrate the idea of the project.
 * Google Earth will need to be downloaded onto computers.

**Step 4 - Virtual Tour Project Topic Selection**
 * ** Students, either in partnerships, small groups, or individually, choose a place of importance in "Philadelphia - Then and Now". **
 * ** Teacher conference and approval **


 * Possible topics** - See below for points that are already on the pre-made Google Earth Tour
 * Ben Franklin - Franklin Institute
 * Liberty Bell
 * Valley Forge
 * President's House In Philadelphia
 * Independence Hall
 * Betsy Ross House and Flag Rules and Regulations
 * High Street/ Market Street
 * Delaware River Front - shipping
 * Neighborhood today
 * Yellow Fever
 * Current cultures
 * Current issues
 * Constitution
 * Revolutionary War
 * Park Systems
 * Penn's Charter
 * Trade Hub
 * Philadelphia's original important industries - change over time
 * City services (fire department, municipal services)
 * Why start a city in the location of Philadelphia? - Rivers/transportation
 * Philadelphia's effect on Geography amd Geography's effect on Philadelphia
 * Diversity
 * Life for children

**Step 5 - Create Guiding Questions**
 * Students develop questions that they will research about their topic.
 * Teacher conference and approval

**Step 6 - Research and Share Resources**
 * Students research on internet and in the library.
 * Students will have the opportunity to telecommunicate with students in other third grade classes throughout the district who are researching the same topic to share ideas, good sites, good books, and information learned.
 * Sites that could be used are:
 * http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/
 * http://libwww.library.phila.gov/hip/
 * http://www.placesonline.org/sitelists/nam/usa/pennsylvania/philadelphia.asp
 * Atwater Kent Museum
 * http://philadelphiahistory.org/?printable=1&printable=1&printable=1&printable=1&printable=1&printable=1&printable=1
 * www.phillyhistory.org/
 * http://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/
 * “Today” photos
 * http://www.panoramio.com
 * http://earth.google.com
 * http://www.aviewoncities.com/gallery/philadelphia.htm
 * http://www.planetware.com/pictures-/philadelphia-us-pa-phila.htm
 * http://www.worldfromtheweb.com/Parks/Philadelphia/Philadelphia2.html

**Step 7 - Create Description/Project of Points**
 * The tour of Philadelphia will be built in Google Earth - Basic tour already made, you just need to go in and add/delete the points you need.
 * Students will use the information they discover about their chosen location to create a "description" in each bubble/ point on the tour. Their "description" should include the historical importance of the location "Then and Now."
 * "Descriptions" can be Glogster, Voicethread, Mixbook, movie, etc. - ANY web 2.0 site that gives you HTML Embed Code.

**Step 8 - Share the Tour**
 * After the Google Earth Tour of Philadelphia is created, it can be shared with students in the school, other schools and the community.
 * Post to a wiki, the website, the Moodle, etc.

**Step 9 - Evaluation** Students evaluate their work.

Tour Resources

 * Google Earth Tour File**
 * Click to download the file.
 * Google Earth should automatically open and go to the Tour. If it doesn't, double click the file in your downloads folder to open it.
 * [[file:Philadelphia Virtual Tour.kmz]]

Watch this video to learn how to use the tour - From downloading to adding elements and saving. For more info about Google Earth Tours check out the next link!
 * How to Play and Use the Philadelphia Tour**

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 * Google Earth Tour Tips eToolBox Page** - Everything you need to know about creating and using Google Earth Tours.

(You can add more points or delete the ones you don't need or want)
 * Google Earth Tour Points**
 * Franklin Institute
 * Liberty Bell
 * Valley Forge
 * President’s House
 * Independence Hall
 * Betsy Ross House
 * High Street-Market Street
 * Penn's Landing
 * Constitution Center
 * Sports arenas
 * Art Museum
 * Philadelphia Zoo
 * Fairmount Park
 * Comcast Center
 * Mummers Museum
 * Jefferson Hospital
 * Navy Yard
 * Carpenters Hall
 * Elferth’s Alley

WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP TOUR FROM BLUE BELL ELEMENTARY - same idea, but we stayed local - Whtpain was Philadelphia THEN

Possible Field trip: The Constitutional Walking Tour http://www.theconstitutional.com/guided/index.html