Classroom Resource

Buster's Egyptian Adventure

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

Overview

In this interactive geography activity from PBSLearningMedia, students join Buster Baxter, a character from the ARTHUR television show, on a trip to Egypt. Students learn about Cairo, ancient Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile River, and relevant vocabulary terms as they travel with Buster and meet new friends. Afterward, students write about what they’ve learned in the form of a postcard to one of the Egyptian children they encountered in the videos.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 3

SS10.3.4
Relate population dispersion to geographic, economic, and historic changes in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

geographic changes
economic changes
historic changes
human criteria
economic failure
hemisphere
county boundaries
city boundaries
flood
hurricane
tsunami

Knowledge

Students know:

How to use vocabulary associated with population dispersion.
How to identify human and physical criteria used to define boundaries and regions.

Skills

Students are able to:

Relate population dispersion to geographic, economic and historic changes.
Discover ways physical and human criteria differ from one another.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Geographic, economic, and historic changes have an impact on population dispersion in Alabama and the world.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ilwgbh17-soc-geog-buster-ilegypt/bus…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

PBS

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/#permitted

Comments or Notes

PBSLearningMedia is free for teachers. Teachers need to create a free account to access all available resources.

Approved Date

2021-03-04

Curated by

Design by Adaptive Theme

Learning Resource Type