Maps

=Maps=

These tools make learning fun and universal, and actually quite fascinating! I am currently reading //The Aeneid// for my Classical Mythology class, and on Google Lit Trips I found one for that piece of literature. However, I was not able to access it at home and am still trying to figure out how explore that tool. Since I am not at all familiar with ancient Rome, I find that I am confused during Aeneas's trip there because he talks about all the places he visits on his travels. The same is true of Odysseus in //The Odyssey//. I am very eager to use these texts in my classroom, and I really can't see reading them without some sort of visual map to orient the students to. The images below are from Google Earth, and even that would help tremendously. On another note, the sensory overload when using these tools is kind of cool. When I clicked on Pantheon, I had been on the other side of the world, and it quickly spun me around and zoomed in to Rome. I honestly felt as if I were in a really fast moving airplane and was truly experiencing this rapid travel. These tools can only enhance education, and I am excited to use them!