My Virtual Tour

Here is the final tour that I uploaded to my wiki: Persian Wars

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1. The Battle of Marathon	I want my students learn a little about the history of the Battle of Marathon but I am going to have them focus mostly on Pheidippides' two runs. I will create an overlay showing his run to Sparta and then have the students using the ruler to measure how long his runs were. I will also have them look at the terrain and see how hard it would have been not only to run the distance but also to run the terrain. I will also ask them if they think that it would have been possible for someone to have completed a run like that. To help them with that question I will include two videos that I have found on YouTube. Both are about ultramarathon runners: Video One and Video Two Questions that I will ask my students: How long were Pheidippides' two runs? What do you notice about the terrain that would have made the runs even more difficult? Do you think that it would have been possible?	They will use the ruler, an overlay, and the Terrain Layer. I will also include two videos in the placemarker
2. The Battle of Thermopylae	This is the location of the second battle of the Persian Wars. It was chosen because of it geography. However, that geography has changed in the last 2,500 years. I want the students to discover how it has changed and also why the location would have been chosen by the Greeks. In order to do this I will create another overlay of what the landscape used to look like and I will let them use the terrain layer to see why it was such a good location for the Greeks. I will also include a picture of the statue of Leonidas and using the Panoramio layer the students will be able to find where the statue is actually located. Questions that I will ask my students: How has the terrain changed over the last 2,500 years? Why to think that this location was chosen by the Greeks? Why would the terrain have helped the Greeks? What do you think would have happened if the Greeks would have fought the Persians in an open field?	An image overlay, the terrain layer, and the Panoramio Layer.
3. Athens	Here I want my students to see what the Acropolis looks like today. To do this I will use the 3D Building Layer, 360 Cities Layer, and the Terrain Layer. Also, I want them to see what the Parthenon would have looked like when it was built. I found a great video that will help to show this: Video Questions that I will ask them: Why do you think that it was so expensive to build? Do you think that he should have built the Parthenon or left the Acropolis in ashes? What do you like about the building? Why do you think that many people think that it was the most beautiful building ever built?	3D Building Layer, 360 Cities Layer, the Terrain Layer, and a YouTube video placed in the placemarker.
4. The Battle of Salamis	This was the battle that the Persian King and much of his army home. Similar to The Battle of Thermopylae this location was chosen for geographical reasons. To help them find why I will create an image overlay of the battle. Also, I will include two videos that describe the battle: Video One and Video Two Questions that I will ask my students: Why was this location better for the Greeks to fight the Persians as compared to fighting them in Athens? How is this location similar to that of Thermopylae	An image overlay, the terrain overlay, and two YouTube videos placed in the placemarker.