Travel+Tracer

Travel Tracer
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Any description of place given:

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====Google Maps can also provide students with a better idea of where the story takes place. Using Google maps, students can follow the Jimenez family through their migrations from Mexico to and around southern California.====

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With [|www.batchgeo.com], students can use a spreadsheet to organize the Jimenez family's route from Mexico to various locations in Southern California. After uploading the spreadsheet to the website, they will have a map that labels the various locations mentioned in the stories. Students can zoom in to see details and can add details to their spreadsheet which will then be transferred to the pins on their map. Here is a sample: [|Track the Jimenez family's routes]