General AppLit Study Guides (see below for folklore and specific works of literature)
Teaching Unit on West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature By Reneé Wyatt and Avis Caynor
Resources on Appalachian Dialects (including analysis of several books) By Stephanie Humphries		Celebrating Diversity in Appalachia! Exploring Social Issues Through Appalachian Children's Literature By Susan Virginia Mead
Thematic Table of Contents for Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia By Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson		Assignments and Study Guide on Contemporary American Picture Books By Tina L. Hanlon
A Guide to Appalachian Folklore and Literature in Crosscurrents of Children's Literature: An Anthology of Texts and Criticism By Tina L. Hanlon		Trivia Page:  Little-known Facts about Appalachian Books and Authors
Short Teaching Tips on Appalachian Books		See also Lesson Plans section on our Links page and AppLit Lesson Plans
Study Guides on Folklore
General Guidelines for Teaching with Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Fables, Ballads, and Other Short Works of Folklore By Tina L. Hanlon		Study Guides on Dramatizations by the Ferrum College Jack Tale Players By Tina L. Hanlon and R. Rex Stephenson
Standards of Learning Covered by Study of "Mutsmag" and "Ashpet" Dramatizations By Cathy Brookshire		Activities to Accompany Study of Appalachian Folktales and Dramatizations by the Jack Tale Players By Tina L. Hanlon and R. Rex Stephenson
Tall Tales and Jack Tales: Literature and Writing Activities By Tina L Hanlon and Sarah Harris		Teacher’s Study Guide for the Jack Tale Players and "Two Lost Babes” By Thomas Townsend
Creative Activities for Three Appalachian Folktales By Frances Auville		Teaching Four "Jack" Books By Anne Newlun
Students Write Jack Tales By Merri Hess		Superstitions Recorded by English 101 Students By Judy A. Teaford
The Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Teachers' Guides Aligned with Virginia Standards of Learning (in BRI web site)		Traditional Appalachian Music and Literature in West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature By Reneé Wyatt and Avis Caynor
Storytelling Workshops Handout (pdf) By Tina L. Hanlon and R. Rex Stephenson		See also background information in annotated bibliography Appalachian Folktales in Children's Literature and Collections
Study Guides on Specific Works of Literature and Film
James Still's Books for and about Children: Bibliography and Study Guide By Tina L. Hanlon		Where the Lilies Bloom, a Novel by Vera and Bill Cleaver By M. Katherine Grimes
Novel and Film Internet Resource Guide for The Trail of the Lonesome Pine By Judy A. Teaford		"Based on a True Story": Using Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad of Frankie Silver to Teach the Conventions of Fiction By Lana A. Whited
Study Guide for "Ferradiddledumday" and Other "Rumpelstiltskin" Stories By Becky Mushko and Tina L. Hanlon		A Teaching Guide for A Far-Off Land by Rebecca Caudill and The Trail on Which They Wept by Dorothy Hoobler By Mary Warner
Study Guide for Bone's Gift, a Novel by Angie Smibert By Tina L. Hanlon		Appalachia in the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins By Tina L. Hanlon
Activities for Outside the Window: Picture Book by Anna Smucker By Judy A. Teaford		See also AppLit's Lesson Plans
"Where I'm From" (George Ella Lyon's poem in her web site with ideas for writers) and "Where I'm From" Poems by Ferrum College Students		Appalachian Picture Gallery
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