Google books is a fantastic tool for students and teachers alike.
start with using the list of required readings which are out of copyright for example.
A teacher could download a file and modify by adding questions between chapters or, by including hyperlnks, e.g. in Frankenstein, on Mt Blanc
have a link to the Mt Blank wikipedia entry.
Students could use the Ctrl-F function to help find answers to questions and then copy and paste the text into answers.
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Imagine this then teamed up with Lit-trips. The websites which has mapped out various famous literary journeys.
Students could not only read the book, but see the real world locations.
Two existing google tools combined to give students a more in depth and easier to access understanding of a text.
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