Appalachian Culture: Strategies Produce a video related to the region. Write and visit authors Plan a field trip to the places that the children read about in the books…Spruce Pine, Appalachian Culture Museum, Hickory Ridge Homestead Maps will encourage children to view where the books took place. Compare and contrast locations, people, dialect, Jack Tales to similar traditional tales
Additional Strategies Character Journal Choose a character from the book and journal the events that occur in the book Trading cards: Draw a picture on a card (could use index card) and list facts from the books that would represent the culture of the book Dialect Dictionary Share children’s literature that is set in this region that is rich in culture of the Appalachian people