Google Earth is the coolest thing going when it comes to (snooping in your neighbor's backyard) finding information on towns and cities you may want to travel to; checking out roads and highways; and zooming to Paris for a lunchtime vacation. But were you aware of its educational purposes? Lit Trips allow for the visualization of movement found in books or historical events. Imagine taking Leif Enger's Peace Like a River and being able to share Reuben Land's heroic journey in search of his older brother in visual images of maps, terrain, nature and movement. Perhaps you'd like to map Civil Rights-era marches, a trip to your favorite authors' homes, troop movements during the Civil War, or all the places you took your kid to look at colleges!
