Personal Technology Project Proposal

I have been exploring Google Earth for the past few days. I think it is fascinating all the things you can do with it and the places you can see. For my project, I am going to use Unit 6 of the Geography standards for UEN, and focus on both Objective 1 and 2. This standard states that students should be able to use geographic knowledge to connect to the current world. Objective 1 states that students should be able to use geography to connect to the past. Objective 2 states that students should be able to use that past knowledge to understand the current world.
As a project using Google Earth, students would choose a place anywhere on earth, and use the technology to explore the actual location. Using their knowledge of geography, they would decide how the civilization which they chose, came to exist in the way it does. Then they would see if this correlates in the methods which we have studied in class, or if it varies from the norm in the civilization's development. By doing this project, students would have to apply what they have learned in the class and it would help them understand the material in a hands-on approach.
This technology will enhance this project because the students can look at the actual location and analyze it from a bird's-eye perspective.