Wednesday Web: Google World Wonders


Book a Ticket to Google World Wonders!

Visit the Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Pompei and Stonehenge from your classroom.  Google World Wonders is a multimedia website with information, videos, and images on the world's most fascinating places.  Search by geographic location or by theme to experience the wonders of the world.

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/

Click the "Education" button on the upper right to download teacher guides for history or geography classes.  Study the Declaration for Independence at Independence Hall.  Study WWII at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.

The World Wonders site is part of a larger project called the Google Cultural Institute.  This site houses primary source documents on many different historical topics.... more to come next Wednesday!   

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