Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Manifest Destiny	The students will go to the designated website and learn  about the manifest destiny by completing a fantastic worksheet.	The students will use the GoogleEarth tool that lets them measure the distance from coast to coast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_Destiny
2. Lousiana Purchase	The students will learn about this significant  land purchase that  increased the size of the United States.	The students will look United States and how the Louisiana Purchase increased the size of the U.S. and how it compares to what the U.S. looks like today.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
3. First Transcontinental Railroad	The students will look at the designated website    and complete the  questions on the website.	The students will measure the distance between  Omaha and Sacramento, where the railroad is, on GoogleMaps.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental_railroad
4. Promontory Point	The students will look at a website and look at the important role that promontory point plays in the transcontinental railroad, while completing a worksheet.	The students will use GoogleMaps to locate promontory point, and learn more about the Golden Spike. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html
Details of image overlay / path / polygon: The students will use Google maps to identify different historical points on the map.