Google Lit Trip
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I
decided to create a Google Lit Trip for my students. I decided that I would use
the book
Meet Addy by Connie
Porter. This Lit Trip could be used when studying Fiction novel.
I
began by viewing several YouTube videos on Google Lit Trips to get an idea of
how to proceed in creating my project.
I read several articles exploring the topic.
This
is a historical fiction novel for 3rd-5th graders. The
story is a about a young slave girl named Addy and her family who are also
slaves. The story takes place during the height of the Civil War. Her family decides to create a plan to escape
from a plantation in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia. Addy’s father and brother are sold before the
family could escape. Addy’s and her
mother proceeds with the plan.
I
decided to create a lit trip that would follow the paths of Addy and her family
to freedom. The novel is fiction, so I
decided to do a little preliminary research on plantations in North Carolina.
There were two that stood out, Stagville Plantation and Somerset Plantation.
Addy and her mother crossed a river to get to the safe house that her father
told them about. In doing more research,
I found a river that was not very far from the Somerset Plantation. In the story
Addy and her mother had to cross a fast flowing river to get to the safe house.
In researching rivers, I found the Scuppernong River which is not very far from
the Somerset plantation. Ms. Caroline
the lady who owns the safe house in the story, hid them in a wagon and took
them to the coast where they could stowaway on a ship to Philadelphia. I also
imagined that Ms. Caroline lived near the coast in Pea Ridge, North Carolina
which is near the Albermarle Sound in North Carolina, close to the coast.
After
researching these areas and choosing the plantations and other places in the
story, I created a story board. The story board allowed me to write out all the
places and addresses before creating the lit trip in Google Earth. This was a big step in assisting me with the
creating the lit trip. I screen captured
several steps during the process.
Below are several screenshots of my Google Lit Trip using Google Earth
Screenshots of my Google Lit Trip
Plantation where Addy and her parents were slaves. Somerset Plantation
The Plantation where Addy's father and brother were sent after being sold. Stagville Plantation
The fast flowing river that Addy and her mother almost drowned trying to cross.
Scuppernong River
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