Google Lit is a program that allows English and History teachers to create lessons using Google Earth that allow students to travel through their lessons. If students were to read "Around the World in 80 Days", a teacher could create a trip using Google Lit that allows the students to take the same trip and see where the characters actually traveled. Imagine being able to move from the Deep South to the North along the same trail that Harriet Tubman used on the Underground Railroad.
This idea can also be used in a general music or music history course when learning about the lives of various composers. Knowing that J.S. Bach traveled for work much of his life is an important fact of how he worked and composed but being able to make that trip with him, from city to city, allows the students to understand what it was like for him as a composer, performer, and educator. Following Antonin Dvorak on his travels through the United States and out to the Grand Canyon while listening to his "Grand Canyon Suite" will resonate more with students then simply reading about his travels.
What a way to use a program that the students already know about.
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