Standards addressed through this Virtual Field Trip
This Virtual Field Trip was created with third grade students in mind, but it would suitable for students in higher grades.
3.1.01 Understand the diversity of human cultures.
a. Recognize that changes in culture occur through the spread of people, languages, ideas, and goods.
b. Compare cultural differences in various regions of the United States and the world.
3.1.spi.1. recognize some of the major components of a culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).
3.1.spi.2. determine similarities and differences in the ways different cultural groups address basic human needs (i.e., food, water, clothing, and shelter by interpreting pictures).
3.3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
3.3.spi.2. recognize and use a map key.
3.3.spi.3. find a specific location on a school or community map
3.3.spi.4. use absolute and relative locations to identify places on a map (i.e., north, south, east, west, borders, lines of longitude and latitude, the equator, the north and south poles).
Objectives:
3.1.01 Understand the diversity of human cultures.
a. Recognize that changes in culture occur through the spread of people, languages, ideas, and goods.
b. Compare cultural differences in various regions of the United States and the world.
3.1.spi.1. recognize some of the major components of a culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).
3.1.spi.2. determine similarities and differences in the ways different cultural groups address basic human needs (i.e., food, water, clothing, and shelter by interpreting pictures).
3.3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
3.3.spi.2. recognize and use a map key.
3.3.spi.3. find a specific location on a school or community map
3.3.spi.4. use absolute and relative locations to identify places on a map (i.e., north, south, east, west, borders, lines of longitude and latitude, the equator, the north and south poles).
Objectives:
- Students will be able to determine the location of specific areas of the ruins in relation to other areas using directions, i.e. The Great Kiva is Northeast of the Visitor Center.
- Students will understand and be able to explain by whom and how the Ruins were established and why the monument was given the name "Aztec Ruins."