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=__ ** Social Studies and Language Arts Teachers ** __= // This page contains tools and ideas for aiding SS and LA teachers in grades 4 and above. //

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 * Google Earth, Lit Trips and Maps **

Tutorial and Tips for Educators - Robust and constantly updated resource

Five cool things you can do with Google Earth!

Google Earth Showcase - Fabulous videos showing you examples of the tools used in Google Earth.

Google Earth Products site - Landing page for products, help and other resources.

Beginner Tutorials - Terrific videos showing you how to work with the tools in Google Earth.

Google Lit Trips - "Google Lit Trips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. At each location along the journey there are placemarks with pop-up windows containing a variety of resources including relevant media, thought provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about “real world” references made in that particular portion of the story." - Citation

Basics on using Google Lit Trips - Key tips on using Google Lit trips.

Building a Google Lit Trip - Key tips on creating one of your own.

NOTES: You can BUILD Lit Trips (or any "trip" to be used on Google Earth in Google Maps - you need a Google account to do this). It can be somewhat easier to develop them here versus Google Earth.

Tour Builder is a new tool in beta (still as of June 2014) that is super easy to use and is similar to Google Earth. You get fabulous results! Here is an example of the Revolutionary War.