Buster's Egyptian Adventure

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

3

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.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 3

SS10.3.4

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

UP:SS10.3.4

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.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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