Tour of the Great Wall

Members at the Dec. 8, 2008 VSTE Meeting Galt Jefferson Argus Mircastle Mandie Mimulus Valaina Shepherd WtchyRichy Witherspoon Alfredo Bedrosian Sebastien Lucero Katie Indigo Willoughby Lorefield Ryuko Pobieski Thunder Insippo Mandie took us on a wonderful tour of the Great Wall of China on Sichuan Island. VSTE Tour of The Great Wall of China This is Mandie's wonderful notecard. In preparation for this tour Mandie met the developers of this sim. It's new and we were among the first visiting group. The history and social science standards of learning for second grade students in Virginia include an introduction to the heritage and contributions of the people of ancient China. Come visit a miniature version of the Great Wall of China. Currently the Great Wall of China stretches approximately 6,400 km (4000 miles) and has been built and rebuilt from 6th Century BC to 16Centuray AD to protect the dynasties from conflicts with the people of Mongolia. There are more than 10,000 watchtowers and beacon towers on the Great Wall. They were used to house troops, store weapons and send signals in case enemies were seen approaching. Smoke signals were used in the day and fires were lit at night to communicate with other military outposts along the wall. More SL information on the Great Wall of China can be found at the 7 Wonders of the World Museum Sim 􀀁 and for more information on this particular build visit the sim's blog: http://hosoi-ichiba.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-tourist-attraction-great-wall.html RL Educator Resources: Use your Second Life camera to take photographs of the Great Wall for use in the classroom. For example: I opened a SL photograph in SMART Board Notebook V10, applied the screen shade vertically to half the picture and exported as a jpeg. Students opened the jpeg in a graphics program (we used Tech4Learning’s Pixie) and with drawing tools completed the missing half of the picture with a written description. Or use your SL photographs for backgrounds in Chroma Key or Green Screen skits created by your students. Student Created Website on China: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/ Loogootee Community Schools, Loogootee, Indiana Compare and Contrast ancient China and Egypt SMART Board Notebook activity by Marie Booz, CRS, Virginia Beach (VA) City Public Schools: http://sbrevolutionfiles.wikispaces.com/