There is an animal in the photo below -- can you find it and figure out what it is?
Wow! We covered lots today -- Water Cycle, Watersheds and some Folktales and Folks of Appalachia.
Here are the Watershed links I promised:
- Educator's Guide: Lesson Plans and Activities for NC River Basin Materials
- Stormwater and You
- A Guide to Traveling Tennessee's Watersheds
- Upper Little Tennessee Watershed Water and Habitat Quality Educational Curriculum (228 pages)
- What's In Your Water (TNSWEP --High School Lesson Plan)
In the First Hour class I read the folktale, "Strong but Quirky: The Birth of Davy Crockett" from the book From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of Folklore and Folk Songs. Here are a few links to the life of Davy Crockett:
- Fact and Fable on the Frontier
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett
- History Channel -- A Play Lionizing Davy Crockett
Mrs. Rachel mentioned a man in the mountains near where they lived that used bear grease to predict the weather. Here are a couple of articles about that:
We will be discussing Appalachian Dialect and Language over the next few weeks. Have a gander at this great video which includes Popcorn Sutton.
We've begun to explore stereotypes of the Appalachian Region and the folk that populate this wild and wonderful land. I read a short selection to the third-hour class about some of the ways Appalachia has been represented and misrepresented in the past 50 years. Popular culture is an interesting way to investigate these stereotypes. Snuffy Smith, Lil Abner, and The Hillbilly Bears were some child-friendly aspect of popular culture that we mentioned. (We had a brief discussion about Snuffy Smith and I found this link about the cartoon being a mixture of Appalachia and the Ozarks. Along that line -- do you know where the Beverly Hillbillies are from???) We also mentioned The Waltons and I encourage you to check out that series.
Here's a Hillbilly Bear Cartoon for you to watch -- see how many stereotypes you can count about the people and the region.
Here's a Hillbilly Bear Cartoon for you to watch -- see how many stereotypes you can count about the people and the region.
The third hour class also created a list of famous Appalachians that did not fit the stereotypes. Here's the what we came up with:
- Lee Majors
- Chuck Yeager
- Lucille Ball
- Fred Rogers
- Davy Crockett
- Chet Atkins
- Stonewall Jackson
- Alvin C. York
- Dolly Parton
Andy Griffith is also a famous Appalachian. Here's something that fits this season and gives an example of NC Dialect. I remember hearing this each fall on the radio!
Don't forget the upcoming field trips! Please let Fran know if you are gonna try to make them! Here's a quick list of what's planned:
- September 26, 2:45-5 Crockett Tavern Homeschool Event with reenactors, activities, and loads of learning!
- September 30 Meet at the Little Greenbrier Schoolhouse in the Metcalf Bottoms Area of the GSMNP by 10:45am program starts at 11. Pack your own picnic lunch. We may hike to the Walker Sister's place too.
- October 10 -- 9:30 and 10:30 Canoeing (two sessions that can hold 15 people each); Bring Your Own picnic lunch; Service Project (moving some tables and craft supplies); Seven Sinkholes Geology Hike (Subsidence and Sinkholes in East Tennessee)
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