A Stroll Around the Plaza:

1. General information about the plaza in Santa Fe is contained in this link:
   
   www.thesantafesite.com/articles-database/Santa-Fe-Plaza.html
   
   View the plaza through a live Webcam at this link:
   
   www.earthcam.com/usa/newmexico/santafe/
2. Simon lost his map in this scene. Use the map of Santa Fe to see where the plaza is located. With “street view,” students can take a virtual walk around the plaza by clicking on arrows on the diagram:
   
   http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa+Fe&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title
3. Ask the students to compare and contrast the plaza in the illustration with how it looks today. What are some similarities and some differences?

Standards: NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills; NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies; NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms; NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions; NSS-USH.K-4.1 Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago