The
following lesson was create for the contemporary novel The Sky is Everywhere however with a few changes the concept of the
Google Earth lesson plan can be adapted for any contemporary novel. The purpose
of this lesson was to create a more knowledgeable relationship between the
reader and the material of their contemporary work, to allow them to see the
geographical distance between themselves and the content of the novel. I chose The Sky is Everywhere for a lesson more
directed at literary devices used in fiction and to address the issue of grief
and grieving. Of course during class there were other Google Earth lessons that
were designed to tackle books such as The
Hunger Games and The Things They
Carried which demonstrates the variety of content this lesson could apply
to.
The first step was to have students identify a series of points on the map. For the purpose of my lesson I identified five points. The points were as follows: Lennie (the main character), Characters, For Starters,Jandy Nelson (the author), and The Sky is Everywhere.The link below should bring you directly to the lesson! I hope you enjoy!
https://sites.google.com/site/hayleymorganedu112/home/112-assignments/theskyiseverywhere
