Bring Japan to your students with this ready-to-use virtual field trip simulation. Guided Google Earth links, map skills, culture, geography, and editable student response questions, this activity is perfect for elementary/upper-elementary social studies.

Remember the days of playing the classic Oregon Trail simulation game? With advances in technology, we can take our students on a virtual field trip along the Oregon Trail that includes 360-degree imagery of geographic sites from Google Earth™, video content, informational text, and ready-to-go response questions. While the old computer game was fun, it was lacking in historical accuracy. There was no recognition of Native lands and everything was viewed through the lens of w