journal#5:A Bird's- Eye View of the Middle East

A Bird’s-Eye View of the Middle East
Learning& Leading (With technology)-Vol-35 pg 30-31
By Bill Edgington, Bobby R. Ezell, Daphne D Johnson, and Marilyn P. Rice
This article is about using software named Google Earth with the students in high school to study about how the military, political, or religious activities in a country affect by its neighbors. The students are divided into groups and each group chooses a country to study about. Then they search in Google Earth to get information about that country and its political boundaries and particular events. They can define culture or tradition in that country like most of the Middle East countries dominated by Islamic faith. Then the students can get more information about the capital city, total population, religion ethnic makeup, language, oil reserve or other issues from that country. After gathering this information they can see the location of the country on the globe through the Google earth. They also are able to view the country far above the earth within a few hundred feet of an area. After the students are done with their projects, the teacher can provide engaging activities according to the students, finds and involve them for some group discussion.

Questions:
1- How can the students search for a particular country
They should type the name of the country into the Google Earth site and look for its boundaries and other information.
2- What is the main purpose of using Google Earth in education?
It can provide the students data that contributes to a better understanding of the reason of particular countries’ political, regional or military activities. It also can help them to get the information about the common border between countries and their geographic situations.