Google Earth

Yeah, Google Earth is really cool!! There are also several ways in which it applies to English and French. It applies to English because it allows you to travel to places that are settings for books, or you can check out places where famous authors grew up. Even cooler than that, you can use the Google Literature Trips application, and actually follow the sequences of books, and it takes you from place to place, showing you all the places that the characters traveled. Examples of books that you can follow are The Grapes of Wrath and Huckleberry Finn. This would be very useful in the English classroom because while the class is reading a book, you could show them each place that the characters are when it gets to that point in the book. Google Earth can apply to French because it allows you to travel to France and look all over, including the major sites in Paris such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, and the famous Musee du Louvre. It could be used in the French classroom because you can show your students actual photos of any places in France that you want, and it can be helpful in sparking interest in the students.

~Hayley