Timothy Ratliff

SLM-521

Elective 6

June 7, 2006

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP GUIDE

Interested in taking a Virtual Tour? How about a Virtual Tour that will take you away to Ancient Rome! Below is a list of four virtual field trips that are fascinating and fun. Why spend a boat load of money, work with permission slips and hunt for chaperones when you can take a load off, sit down, and step back into the ages to explore Ancient Rome! Your students can take the tour all by themselves and learn about the wonders of Rome!

Virtual Field Trip # 1

The David M. Robinson Collection

This is a university museum of the University of Mississippi and contains information on Roman coins, sculpture, and inscriptions. Each category has a handful of photos of the coins, inscriptions, sculptures, bronzes, etc. The photos are all in color and highly detailed. If your students knew how to read Latin, they could actually read the inscriptions off of the photos. Not satisfied with just photos? Want more bang for your buck? Then maybe you would be more interested in the next virtual field trip.one with a little more substance.

Virtual Field Trip #2

Pompeii

This virtual field trip will take you and your students to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Not only can you see the sculpture and architecture of the Roman city, you can learn all about the tragedy that happened there when Mount Vesuvius decided to blow! This field trip provides a wide array of photos and the basic information needed to understand what happened there. Although there is not a ton of information, who wants to read on a field trip anyway right? This trip takes you through Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as some basics about the volcano.

Virtual Field Trip # 3

The Roman Open Air Museum

Take this virtual field trip and explore a Roman villa dating from the 1^st to the 3^rd century! It is a little expensive and time consuming to take the whole class to Italy and view one of these magnificent villas, so why not check it out online? You can take the classic tour with photos and text, view a 3D model of the villa, or even check out panoramic views! Learn about how the villa was discovered and why it is important to our understanding of Roman history. The field trip will take you and your students thru 27 different parts of the villa!

Virtual Field Trip # 4

Tour Ancient Rome!

At this point you could have chosen to explore the devastation wrought by Mt. Vesuvius or taken a tour of a Roman Villa. Im guessing, by the fact you have made it to the bottom of this list, that you want more. Well, step right up and join Claudius Amicus on a tour of Rome! This is the greatest of the virtual field trips on Rome available here. By walking step by step from your ship arriving in the famous harbor of Ostia to your bathing at the Great Baths of Caracalla! This trip will immerse you in a day in the life of a wealthy Roman and expose you to the many aspects of Roman architecture, culture, and general way of life. Enjoy, and remember, HAIL CAESAR!!!