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Many ways to approach history and literature.

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. According to their creator, Google Lit Trips "three-dimensionalize the reading experience by placing readers 'inside the story' traveling alongside the characters; looking through the windshield of that old jalopy in The Grapes of Wrath or waddling alongside Mr. and Mrs. Mallard's duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings."

Would love to see us dig more into resources like these and build literature around them than wait for the magic CC curriculum to hit our doorstep.

Would love to see us dig more into resources like these and build literature around them than wait for the magic CC curriculum to hit our doorstep.

The new CC recommended reading list

Writing units to teach 21st century skills for 7-12 grade English or Social Studies Classes. Includes digital literacy, information literacy and citizenship literacy.

Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes-opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills.

Complex Text and Close Reading Effective Practices

Reading across the Content Areas and Effective Practices

What isThe Big Read? The Big Read supports organizations across the country in developing community-wide programs which encourage reading and participation by diverse audiences.