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Classroom activities: 6th - 12th grade

History, Geography, Social Studies

A Place in Time with Google Tools
[PDF, Podcast, Video]
Project plan using Google Earth, Groups, and News Archive Search to study history and landmark historical photos.
Cheryl Davis, Teacher

A Candidate Watch with Google Tools
[PDF, Podcast, Video]
Lesson ideas for tracking the 2008 US Presidential campaign using Google Earth, Docs & Spreadsheets, News Archives search, and Blogger
Cheryl Davis, Teacher

Flying Through the Crusades
[Wiki]
Lesson plan using Google Maps to plot the route of the Crusades.
Frances Haugen, Teaching Assistant and
Karin Thorne,Teacher

Spring Sojourn: A lesson in Civil Rights History and Geography
[Website]
Multimedia project using Google Earth, a website, and a blog to document a Civil Rights class trip

Postcards from the Past with Google Tools
[PDF, Podcast, Video]
Lesson plan using Google Earth and Google Pages to compare sites as they look today with how they looked in the past.
Cheryl Davis, Teacher

Environmental/Earth Sciences

From There to Here with Google Tools
[PDF]
Idea for a lesson plan using Google Earth and Google Groups to create placemarks detailing an earth science project.
Cheryl Davis, Teacher

Earthquake! USGS & Google Earth
[PDF, Podcast, Video]
Lesson plan ideas using Google Earth layers to study tectonics and earth movement.
Cheryl Davis, Teacher

English/Literature, History

Google Lit Trips
[Website]
Explore literature through Google Earth, flying between places mentioned in the books.
Jerome Burg, Teacher

Docs & Spreadsheets in the Classroom
[PDF]
Lesson ideas and tips for using Docs & Spreadsheets in English and Journalism classes.
Esther Wojcicki, Teacher

General

Success in Teaching Teens to Search the Internet: Playing a New Google Game
[PDF]
Tips on improving Internet search skills centered around a Google search activity.
Katrine Watkins, Librarian

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