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Guess for Landmark #1:

Pack your bags, grab your passport, and get ready to go! You have booked an adventure with the Teachers’ Traveling Agency! I hope you are ready to travel around the world and see many famous landmarks. You will need to do a little research to find some of them, but you will learn quite a bit on this trip. Use this guidebook along with the online presentation to see some of the world’s most amazing treasures! You will be searching for these ten international landmarks:

Taj Mahal St. Basil’s Cathedral Mt. Rushmore Mayan Ruins/El Castillo Eiffel Tower Sydney Opera House Great Wall of China Stonehenge Great Pyramid of Giza

Follow these five steps as you embark on your journey:

1. Read the mystery landmark clues on each stop of the presentation.

2. When you reach the “What am I?” question, stop and write down your guess for the

landmark in the guidebook.

3. Look at the picture of the landmark.

4. Visit the website and answer questions pertaining to the landmark. 5. HAVE FUN ON YOUR TRIP!

Guess for landmark #2:

Sydney Opera House Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #2.

1. What is the maximum seating capacity in the concert hall?

2. Why do you think that Jorn Utzon choose the shell shape appearance when designing the opera house?

3. What is one additional fact you found interesting?

LANDMARK #1

Guess for Landmark #3:

Stonehenge Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #3

1. The first phase of Stonehenge was built in what year?

2. There has been some issue about who built Stonehenge. Who do you think built it and why?

3. What is one interesting item you found at Stonehenge?

LANDMARK #2

Guess for Landmark #4:

Great Pyramid of Giza Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #4.

1. The Great Pyramid of Giza is sometimes called _________ __________ or

the _________ __________.

2. Why do you think the Egyptians built the pyramid in that shape instead of rectangular like we do today?

3. What is one interesting fact you found?

LANDMARK #3

Guess for Landmark #5:

Taj Mahal Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #5.

1. Why was the Taj Mahal built?

2. What was the most interesting thing that you learned about the Taj Mahal?

LANDMARK #4

Guess for Landmark #6:

Eiffel Tower Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #6.

1. Why was the Eiffel Tower almost torn down?

2. Why do you think the Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited sites in the world?

3. What is one interesting fact that you found?

LANDMARK #5

Guess for Landmark #7:

The Great Wall Of China Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #7.

1. How many miles are in The Great Wall of China from one end to the other?

2. How do you think the Chinese people built the wall without today’s technology?

3. What is one interesting fact you found?

LANDMARK #6

Guess for Landmark #8:

MOUNT RUSHMORE

Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #8.

1. Who are the four Presidents on Mount Rushmore?

2. Who would you put on Mount Rushmore if you had the chance and why?

3. What is one interesting fact you found?

LANDMARK #7

Guess for Landmark #9

St. Basil’s Cathedral Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #9

1. When Stalin wanted to destroy the cathedral, what did the architect Baranovsky do to stop him?

2. If you were the builder of St. Basil’s Cathedral, what would you do differently to the building?

3. What is one fact about St. Basil’s Cathedral that you find interesting?

LANDMARK #8

Guess for Landmark #10:

Roman Colosseum Directions: Answer these questions and then write down your guess for Landmark #10.

1. Before the Colosseum was built, what stood in its place?

2. If you owned an amphitheater as big as the Colosseum, how would you use it to entertain people?

3. What is one interesting fact you found?

LANDMARK #9

You are FINISHED! We hope you had a great trip!

Mayan Ruins (El Castillo) Directions: Answer these questions.

1. On the spring and autumn equinox, and the rising and setting of the sun, the corner of the pyramid casts a shadow in what shape?

2. Why do you think the Mayan civilization disappeared?

3. What is one interesting fact you found?

LANDMARK #10

Project Resources:

Guidebook Covers:

* http://nightatthemuseumgala.org/tag/traveling-the-world * http://www.outnabouttravel.com/adventure

Landmark #1:

* www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/Venues/Concert_Hall.aspx * http://www.hdresimler.com/view/sydney_opera_house-1600x1200.html

Landmark #2:

* www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/light-on-stonehenge.html# * www.chachasconeyisland.com

Landmark #3:

* www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza * http://www.chachasconeyisland.com/middle-east/pyramids-of-giza/

Landmark #4:

* http://www.tajmahal.com/1/history/taj-majal-history-htm * http://bharatmatamandir.in/blog/2010/04/30/taj-mahal/

Landmark #5:

* http://www.eiffel-tower.us/index.html * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eiffel_Tower_20051010.jpg

Landmark #6:

* www.crossroadsorkney.co.uk * http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

Landmark #7

* http://syracuserocks.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/pictures-2/mount-rushmore/ * http://www.mtrushmore.com

Landmark #8

* www.panoramio.com * http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-st-basil-cathedral

Landmark #9

* http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx.htm * http://purpleopurple.com/tourism/colosseum-roman-forum.html

Landmark #10:

* www.photos.nondot.org * http://mayanruins.info/mexico/chichen-itza-mexico/

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