Standard and Objective for my Google Earth Tour

Social Studies - Third grade

STANDARD 2 - Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.
OBJECTIVE 1 - Evaluate key factors that determine how a community develops.
b. Describe how music and artistic creations (dance) serve as expressions of culture.

I chose to do a virtual tour on this topic, because I have always been interested in different cultures, especially the music and dance that serve as expressions of those cultures. I also feel that this is something that is intriguing to children, and students of varying grades can find this topic interesting.

A Google Earth tour would be an extremely beneficial tool for this content area, because the students can actually "travel" to the cultural places and learn in a very hands-on, visual way.