City Net

BY: Mary Marthin Hill, Arsenal Tech High School; Indianapolis, IN

 Site address: http://city.net/

Theme: Place

Grade Level(s): middle school and high school

Annotation of Site:

This site gives a variety of information on different cities in the world. It includes information on maps, transportation, sightseeing, shopping, food , weather and other pertinent city information. This could be used to have students develop and design a travelogue of different cities in the United States or other areas of the world.

Geography Standards addressed:

• #4) The physical and human characteristics of places.
• #6) How culture and experiences influence people’s perceptions of places and regions.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

• Explain the concept of region (a human construct for organizing information to help interpret the Earth’s complexity) and describe the human and physical characteristics of place.