You will be going on a virtual (online) tour of Historic Philadelphia. You will visit the Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Christ Church, Christ Church Burial Ground and Franklin Court.
As you visit each place, you will use the information provided on the webpages to answer questions.
1.
Click here or go to
the site (bookmarked in your browser called Historic Mile
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html)
to go to the first page of the Virtual Tour of Historic Philadelphia. You
will notice that when you scroll down the page there is an index or a list
of all the places you can visit (they are written in red). Click on the link for the Independence Hall.
Independence Hall was built in 1732. What was Independence Hall originally
used for?
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Scroll to the bottom of the page. What was the basement of Independence Hall once used for?
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2.
The Liberty Bell has its own webpage (in addition to being on the Virtual
Tour). Click on the link that says The Liberty Bell Homepage.
Scroll
down the page until you see the section on The Crack. When did the bell become
unringable?
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3.
Use the BACK button on your browser until you get back to the Virtual Tour
list of places. Click on the link that will take you to Christ Church.
Write down
the names of 2 famous people who worshipped at this church.
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4. Use the
BACK button again to go back to the index. The
next stop on the tour is the Christ Church Burial Ground. You will see a link
for Christ Church Burial Ground near the bottom of the Christ Church page.
Click on it.
Name
2 people (besides Ben Franklin) who are buried here and what they are famous
for.
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5.
Use the BACK button again to go back to the list (index). The last stop on
your tour is Franklin Court. Click on
the link for Franklin Court. What
used to stand in Franklin Court?
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How
many rooms were in Franklin's house?
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