Easter Island - Whole Wide World
Content Areas
social studiesGrade
Grade 2 - Grade 5Lesson
EASTER ISLAND
Location: Pacific Ocean
Size: 63 square miles (163 square kilometers)
Years Statues Were Built: around 1050 to 1680
Past Use: civilization. Statues
were built to honor ancestors.
Current Use: cultural site and visitor attraction
Number of Visitors Each Year: around 100,000