Field Trips
Wouldn't it be great if you could take your students on a trip to the location for every book they read--fiction or nonfiction? Imagine walking the streets that Jack the Ripper haunted at the turn of the century, reading Where the Red Fern Grows and exploring the Ozarks, or visiting the Great Pyramid of Giza while you learn about the Pharaohs. Of course, most people can't take a classroom full of kids on a world tour. But with Google Earth, you can take them on a virtual tour--"flying" anywhere on the planet and zooming down to street level with ease.Google Librarian Center tells you how to accomplish the journey using Google Earth. Why save the good stuff for kids? Visit a novel setting for free. Discover details for an article. Beef up your genealogy or family histories with facts about the places your ancestors lived.
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Never mind students...I'd love to poke around Britain in the spots mentioned in some of my favourite books. The closest I ever got was 221B Baker Street and the corridors of Cambridge many years ago. I want to explore the country of the Bronte sisters, Herriot and Austen, pay homage at the new Globe Theatre and 84 Charing Cross. "The Atlas of Literature" by Malcolm Bradbury will be my guide for these English authors and more!
If you do carry out this project, please let us know. I'll even give you a "guest post" spot. You will be our virtual travel guide and lead researcher!
A true writer's dream! I have read books by Dorothea Benton Frank and her books are located in Pawleys Island, Myrtle Beach, Sullivan's Island, amongst other wonderful places in South Carolina. Fortunately for me, I live in South Carolina and can easily travel to see all her destinations she mentioned in her books. What fun I will have! Of course, I have to stop by some local shops, coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries along the way...A writer's retreat I have been planning for some time now.
How sadly coincidental--from my mother's cupboard I pulled out a notebook to use right after she died last month. On the first page she'd written, "At the library get Large Print "Pawleys Island"--By "Dorothea Benton Frank" it is really a good Book."
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