Creator: Richard Kreitner and Steven Melendez | visit site
Grade Range: 7 - 11
Journey across America as described in 12 great literary road trips. This Google map includes every named place (over 1500!) in these books about cross country travel. The earliest book being Mark Twain’s Roughing It and the most recent is Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. Click on any title on the map key to view individual routes. Click again on the map points to read passages about the location.
In the Classroom
If your class is reading any of these 12 books, this site is an excellent resource for visualizing the trip described in the book. Share with students before reading as an overview of the journey they are about to take. Use this site when helping students discover books to read, let them explore the various road trips to find one that might interest them. Use this map as inspiration for sharing locations from other works of literature. For the next book share, have students create maps for books they are reading using MapHub, reviewed here. Students can add icons, text, images, and location stops! Challenge students to include images (cited correctly) on MapHub for the books they will share.
At Home
Explore this map together with your student as you learn about different cities mentioned in these 12 books. Use ideas from different locations to plan family outings and vacations that interest all of you.
Tags
setting, maps, authors, literature, mark twain,
Subjects
Geography (US/World), Reading, Social Studies, Social Studies,