Monuments - Gunston

Monuments – Present and Represent Assignment and Rubric

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Search Terms

Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search ACORN, databases, print and online encyclopedias or the World Wide Web:

Angkor Wat
Big Ben
Chichen Itza
Christ the Redeemer
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Djenné Mosque
Dome of the Rock
Colosseum
Eiffel Tower
Empire State Building
Gateway Arch

Great Wall of China
Hanging Gardensof Babylon
Jefferson Memorial
Ka’aba at Mecca
Kremlin
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Lincoln Memorial
Machu Picchu
Maoi Statues of Easter Island
Mount Rushmore
Notre Dame

Parthenon
Petra
Pyramids of Giza
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Statue of Liberty
Stonehenge
Sydney Opera House
Taj Mahal
Temple of Artemis
Washington Monument
Western Wall
White House

Print Resources

There are several excellent books about this topic. A few of the books are listed below. To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog.

Arnold, Caroline. Easter Island : giant stone statues tell of a rich and tragic past. New York: Clarion Books, 2000.
Curlee, Lynn. Rushmore. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Wailing Wall. New York : MacMillan, 1989.
Stewart, Robert. Mysteries of History. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2003.

Database Resources

Links and Passwords – in Blackboard “Library Online”
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Web Links

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet.

General Sites

New 7Wonders of the World
National Geographic Mysteries of the Ancient World
World Monuments Fund – A New York-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered ancient and historic sites around the world.

Specific Sites

Lincoln Memorial
Machu Picchu
Maoi Statues of Easter Island
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Official Web Site
- Washington Post Special Report
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Notre Dame
Parthenon of Greece
Petra
Pyramids at Giza
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Statue of Liberty
Stonehenge
Sydney Opera House
Taj Mahal
Temple of Artemis
Washington Monument
Western Wall
White House

SOL & Information Literacy Standards

WG. 3b: Students will be able to apply the concept of a region by explaining how regional landscapes reflect characteristics of their inhabitants.
WG. 12b: Students will apply geography to interpret the past, understand the present and plan for the future by relating current events to the physical and human characteristics of places and regions.
Essential Knowledge: Statues and monuments of local, national or global significance.
Essential Understanding: Regional landscapes are influenced by the cultural, economic, and political characteristics of their inhabitants.