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Discovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar Lesson PlanDiscovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar Lesson Plan
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Discovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar

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Students use a video, maps, worksheets and Internet research to explore the role that sensing played in locating Ubar - the lost city of Arabia.

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archaeology

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arabia, archaeology, ubar, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Technology
Video

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Discovering the Past Using the Future: Remote Sensing and the Lost City of Ubar

Curated OER
Students identify and locate specific locations on the Arabian Peninsula, the Rub al Khali Desert, and present day Oman. They identify other names for the lost city of Arabia as Ubar, the Atlantis of the Sands, Iran, and the city of towers.
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
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