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Activity 1: Ancient Contributions to Modern Architecture (Heidi)

__**Guiding Question**__ **: What features in today’s architecture were influenced by ancient civilizations?**

__**Objective**__ : Students will identify architectural features that developed from ancient Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Greek, and Roman civilizations.

__**Procedures**__ **:**
 * 1) Using Google Earth, students will take a virtual field trip that includes web links, video segments, and VoiceThreads.
 * 2) Students will stop in Egypt to explore the pyramids at Giza.
 * 3) Students will stop in India to explore the Taj Mahal.
 * 4) Students will stop in China to explore the Great Wall.
 * 5) Students will stop in Greece to explore the Acropolis at Athens.
 * 6) Students will stop in Rome to explore the Colosseum.
 * 7) Students will maintain a journal on Google Docs where they will store their research.
 * 8) Students will create a VoiceThread in which they upload pictures of buildings/architectural features in their town. In the VoiceThread students will include narration that explains the ancient influences on the architecture of these buildings or structures.

**__Solution__**:
Link to VoiceThread: []

__**Guiding Resources**__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Egypt** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ancient Egypt for Kids. (n.d.). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Ancient Egyptian pyramids and tombs// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://egypt.mrdonn.org/pyramids.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The British Museum. (n.d.). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Pyramids: Houses of eternity// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovery Education. 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(n.d.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Acropolis// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Retrieved from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/acropolis/home_set.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovery Education. 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