Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Paris- The Louvre Museum	Students will look up the general definition of museums and see why they are important to a community. They will also come up with a definition of what art is after viewing some of the pieces found in the Louvre.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp
2. New York- The Metropolitain Museum of Art	Students will find out why the Met is located on museum mile. Students will write in their journals about who decides if art is musuem worthy.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, www.metmuseum.org
3. St. Petersburg- The State Hermitage Museum	Students will compare and contrast the location of this museum with the others. How does the value of the art differ?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
4. Washington D.C.- The Smithsonian	Students will answer some questions about the Smithsonian and what kind of museum it is. How does this museum reflect American culture?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://americanart.si.edu
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	I will use a path to connect images I want the students to see and possibly an image overlay.

Content:

I am using standards from Visual Art and Social studies for third-fifth grade:

Standard 4: The student will interpret and apply visual arts in relation to cultures, history, and all learning

Objective 3: Recognize the connection of visual arts to all learning

Standard 2 Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.

This lesson will be an introduction into helping students form opinions of what is art and how is art valued in a culture. Students will research differnt museums and come up with theories about why different cultures value art.

Pedagogy:

I will be having students record their answers and observations in journals becuase in this activity most of the answers will be opinions and personal ideas of the students. This fits with the content because there aren't many clear cut answers when it comes to art and why cultures value different things.

Technology:

Students will use Google Earth and the internet to see the location of several world famous art museums. They will use the 3-D building layer to see what the museums actually look like and where they are located. They will use the population tool to compare each museum location to the others to determine if population plays a role in where museums are located. They will also use the internet to visit the museum websites and take part in some of the online activities that are offered for students.