1. Google Earth City Project

2. Spanish speaking countries and capitals
Mexico City , Mexico
Caracas , Venezuela
Bogotá , Colombia
Quito , Ecuador
Lima , Perú
La Paz , Bolivia
Montevideo, Uruguay
Asunción , Paraguay
Santiago , Chile
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Madrid , Spain
Guatemala City , Guatemala
Tegucigalpa , Honduras –
San Salvador , El Salvador
Managua, Nicaragua -
San José , Costa Rica
Panama City, Panamá
Havana , Cuba -
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic
San Juan, Puerto Rico

3. Step 1: Layers panel
In the bottom left hand corner of Google Earth, make sure in the layers panel that you have checked the following:
Borders
Places of interest
Panoramio
Roads
3D buildings
Terrain
Street view

4. Locate your city in Google Earth
Type your city and country name into the search field.
Use the scroll wheel on your mouse of the zoom control in Google Earth to zoom in for a closer view of your city.
Spend some time exploring your city using either your mouse or the controller in Google Earth.

5. Step 1: Launch Power Point
Open a new Power Point presentation.
Complete your title slide
Title is the name of the city and country that you were assigned.
Sub title: name, date, period #.
Include an aerial screen shot of your city.

6. Step 2: Search lonelyplanet.com
Go to lonelyplanet.com and search for your city and country. Ex: Madrid, Spain
Click on the overview of your city.
On the left side, there is a heading called Things to Do.
Browse these links to find ten places you could go in your city, from the vocabulary lists on the following two slides.
You can also use wikipedia.org or google.com
Insert ten new slides after the title slide and then type all ten places as the titles of these slides.

7. Step 3: Find ten of these places
el centro comercial the commercial center/mall
el mall the mall
el banco the bank
la oficina de turismo the office of tourism
la peluquería the hair salon
el teatro the theater
el museo the museum
el parque the park
el palacio de gobierno the government building
el puesto de fruta the fruit stand
el hotel the hotel
la cuadra the block (street)
la avenida the avenue
la calle the street
la ciudad the city
el correo the post office
la tienda the store
la farmacia the pharmacy
la plaza the square
la plaza principal the main square
la tienda de discos the music store
el mercado the market
el restaurante the restaurant
el autobús the bus
la escuela the school
el zoológico the zoo
la iglesia the church

8. la pastelería the bakery (dessert)
los limpizapatos the shoeshine
la perfumería the perfume store
la florería the florist
la biblioteca the library
el hospital the hospital
la fuente the fountain
la piscina the pool
the department store

9. Step 4: Search for places in Google Earth
Next step is to search for the places you found on Lonely Planet (use wikipedia or google if you are having trouble finding what you need) in Google Earth.
For example, search for Restuarante El Leon, Madrid, Spain.
Click on the appropriate location using the links on the left side in Google Earth.

10. Step 5: Complete Content Slides
Each of your ten slides should include the following:
a brief description in your own words of the place—from lonelyplanet, wikipedia, or google-- but don’t copy and paste
A screen shot of the zoomed-in aerial view.
A screen shot of the street view, from the closest street view bubble available.

11. My example

13. I searched for Museo Arqueologico Nacional Madrid, Spain

17. Museo Arqueológico Nacional
This museum has a collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Spain.

18. Review of requirements
Ten different, unique places from vocab list (not ten restaurants)
Title slide
Ten slides
Each slide:
Brief description in your own words
Aerial screen shot
Street view screen shot