Mist+Over+The+Mountains+Reinforcing+Activity

__**Objectives:**__ Students will be able to identify specific criteria of the Appalachia region.

__**Materials**__: -The book, "Mist Over the Mountains: Appalachia and Its People" -Mist over Mountains Graphic Organizer -Pen or pencil

__** Procedures: **__ 1. Have students brainstorm what they think they know about Appalachia. As a part of the brainstorming, flip through the book //Mist Over the Mountains: Appalachia and Its People// and do a picture walk. Also discuss the stereotypes associated with Appalachia. ====2. Break the book into five sections. Give each section to a group. Have the groups read their section and fill in the graphic organizer with what they learned from their section of the book. ==== 3. After each group has created their graphic organizer, have students "jigsaw." Students will be placed into groups so that there is one student expert from each of the section. They will then teach their group the information they learned from their section and help their group fill in this information on the graphic organizers. 4. Come back together as a class. Have students share what they found interesting from the graphic organizers. What did they learn that was different from stereotypes or perceptions they had of Appalachia?



__**Other Ohio Standards: **__ Grade 5: Geography Strand, Human Systems 10. The Western Hemisphere is culturally diverse due to American Indian, European, Asian and African influences and interactions as evidenced by artistic expression, language, religion, and food.