There are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Modern World, the New Seven Wonders, even the Natural and Medieval World. The problem with these lists is often times they don't focus on the world as a whole and exclude many locations. Though there is a reason for this, many students pointed out to me wonderful places in the Americas that should be included on these lists. They asked Why there isn't a list of Wonders of the Americas. Although some places are included on the New or Modern lists of wonders there are other wonderful structures and places that should be considered for their own importance.  

In this class, through a combination of lecture and discussion, we will learn about different places in the Americas and develop our own list of seven wonders. Students will work together in class to decide which seven are the most important and should be on our list of The Seven Wonders of the Americas?

We will look at:
the Grand Canyon
Mesa Verde
Chichen Itza
Tikal
Easter Island
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Mount Rushmore
Machu Picchu
Serpent Mound
Nazca Lines
Teotihuacan
Christ the Redeemer Statue
CN Tower
Itaipu Dam
and the Panama Canal.