EDU 647: Social Education in the Digital Age

Virtual Field Trips

Virtual Field Trips can greatly enhance social studies education. Please begin learning about VFTs by reading short two online articles:

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech071.shtml

and

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr057.shtml

The following is a list of some examples of Virtual Field Trips for early childhood and childhood social studies content:

First Grade Example (Families and community):

School example:

http://www.campbell.k12.oh.us/Viewseum/TourVRT/Penhale/penhalefinal/penhalefinalB.htm

Second Grade Examples (Rural, urban and suburban communities):

At the Dairy Farm: http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/pictures/dairy/index.html

The Story of Milk:

http://www.moomilk.com/tours/tour1-1.htm

New York City Point of View:

http://www.nycpov.com/

Third Grade Example (Communities around the world):

Alaska Native Heritage Center:

http://www.alaskanative.net/2.asp

Fourth Grade Examples (NYS history):

Ellis Island:

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/gateway/index.html

Erie Canal Tour:

http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/#

Fifth Grade Examples (American history):

Historical Tour of the White House:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/

White House Tour:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/360index.html

George Washington’s Mount Vernon:

http://www.mountvernon.org/virtual/index.cfm/ss/29//cfid/4136915/cftoken/12349013

The Constitutional Tour (Philadelphia Walking Tour):

http://www.theconstitutional.com/tour.php

The Great Depression:

http://jc-schools.net/write/Depression_files/frame.htm

Sixth Grade Examples (Eastern World Cultures):

The Great Wall of China:

http://www.thebeijingguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html

Explore the Taj Mahal:

http://www.taj-mahal.net/index.htm