I found this site today. It is very neat. It takes Google Earth and Literature and turns them into great lessons all for free (you can get the books from the library if you don’t want to buy them or don’t own them).
There are a variety of lessons that are combined with several books for varying age groups. For example, “Pedro’s Journey” written by Pam Conrad is a book about a young boy who journals about his journey across the ocean to the New World with Christopher Columbus. If you download google Earth, you can then import Pedro’s Journey file which will map out the journey of the young boy. It allows the child to immerse themselves into the geography of the book while experiencing the historical view of the young boy on his voyage across the ocean. There are many more books with lessons that import into Google Earth.
Happy Learning