1. 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

2. 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