Project is a virtual tour of the historical setting of one (1) literary piece The Book Of Jobs The purpose of this component is for you to 1) to develop an understanding of a work’s relevance to its historical and social context, and 2) articulate the ways literature reflects the historical period and the culture that produced it.
This literary virtual tour is designed to help you explore the locations visited by characters from the literature. You will be creating this virtual tour with Google Earth which allows you to travel the world through a virtual globe and view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, and much more. If you have not done so by now, you need to download and install the free Google Earth software from http://www.google.com/earth/.
Task in Detail:
You will select one piece of literature that you read during this course to create a virtual tour of the setting in which the story took place. You will be creating 3 – 5 “placemarks” in Google Earth for the various locations mentioned. In each placemark, you will add the following three items:
1. A reference to the location using a quote from the work
2. A historical image (photo or illustration) of that location during the time period of the story
3. A description of the culture during that time
These placemarks will all be placed into a folder in Google Earth. The description of the folder should include your name ( Shaneeka Sanders), an image representative of the piece of literature (i.e., book cover or major event), and a sentence about the setting (time and place) of the story. You will then record a narrated tour of each location describing how the work you read was representative of and/or influenced by that time and place. Finally, you will save the folder as a KMZ file.
Additional Resources:
•Download this Grapes of Wrath file to see a real sample open in Google Earth: Grapes of WrathV6.kmz
•Here is a detailed tutorial on how to complete the virtual tour.
Google Earth Virtual Tour Tutorial.pdf
•Additional video tutorials can be found on… •navigating: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148186?hl=en&ref_topic=22361
•searching: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148081?hl=en&ref_topic=22363
•creating placemarks: https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148142?hl=en&guide=22364&ref_topic=22367
•recording narrated tours: http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/kmltours.html
gives background info: http://www.bartleby.com/
http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=bb421.1.spb.01&java=yes
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nawol3/section/volA/interactivemaps.aspx
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