Tap a marker to open its stories. Positions are approximate on this historical map.
View the full map and source- Baptistery of San Giovanni ยท 1265
- Palazzo dei Priori (Palazzo Vecchio) ยท 1300
- Ravenna ยท 1275
- Ponte di Tiberio, Rimini ยท 1275
- Montaperti ยท 1260
- Santa Maria Maggiore ยท 1294
- Piazza dei Signori, Verona ยท 1303
- The Pillars of Hercules ยท 1300
- The Tomb of Dante ยท 1321
Choose a story
The Divine Comedy in Longfellow's 1867 verse translation โ public domain. Pick one, read it, and talk about what it means โ the choice, the virtue, your own life โ with your Reading Companion, who asks instead of tells.
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- Beginning โ Inferno, Canto I: The Dark Wood Beginning
- Justice โ Inferno, Canto III: The Gate Justice
- Commitment โ Inferno, Canto III: Those Who Would Not Choose Commitment
- Pity โ Inferno, Canto V: Francesca and the Book Pity
- Honor โ Inferno, Canto X: Farinata in the Tomb Honor
- Debt โ Inferno, Canto XV: Ser Brunetto Debt
- Knowledge โ Inferno, Canto XXVI: Ulysses' Last Voyage Knowledge
- Return โ Inferno, Canto XXXIV: Out to See the Stars Return
Read the story above, then talk it over with your Reading Companion โ this is about what the story means and what you would do, not a quiz on what happened. Type, or tap the mic to speak. Story listening uses the original telling. Select the original text to hear an individual sentence.
Off by default โ the student chooses their own lens under "Think deeper". Pick one here and the lesson opens already pointed through that tradition, so a class can argue the same story from the same angle.
Off by default. A teacher turns this on when they want a visible session timer and a timestamped record of how long the work took.
Assign these questions
A teacher or a parent picks the story and assigns its questions โ one chapter at a time, not a whole book.
What was saved
This is the real conversation from this device โ a teacher would read it, and hear it read back.