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Not Just a Scenic Road: The Blue Ridge Parkway and Its History

A K-12 Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop

offered by Appalachian State University, Boone NC.

July 7-12 and July 14-19, 2008

Workshop Dates
Session I: July 7-12
Session II: July 14-19

Applications are due by March 17, 2008.

For more information, please send us an email.

Resources

I. Bibliographies
II. Documents
III. Lesson Plans
IV. Links

Bibliography

Literature

Ellison, George. Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections on the Appalachian Mountains in Essays and Art. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Collection of essays and visual artwork that shows several scenes of the Appalachian Mountains and also offers authors’ impressions of the Appalachians.

Gatski, Joseph. Promontory. Morgantown, WV: The GreenMont Co., 1995.
First collection of Joseph Gatski’s poetry. Gatski is a native of Appalachia and the Appalachian Mountains form the inspiration for most of his work.

Jackson, Dot. Refuge: A Novel. Charlotte, N.C.: Novello Festival Press, 2006.
A novel that portrays an Appalachian family during the beginning of the 20th Century.

Krause, Ed. Our Kinfolks. Boone, N.C.: Parkway Publishers, 2006.
A fictional work that chronicles the move of Rick Queen to Monroe County, NC and the experiences of his family in the Appalachians.

Manning, Robert E. Mountain Passages: An Appalachia Anthology. Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1982.
Travel stories and a general anthology of literature pertaining to the Appalachian region.

Maxwell, Kathleen A. Mountain Echoes: A Book of Poetic Reflections. Galax, Va.: Gazette Press, 1973.
Poetry by the author focusing on the Appalachian region.

Simpson, Nancy and Shirley Uphouse, eds. Lights in the Mountains: Stories, Essays and Poems by Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Hayesville, N.C.: Winding Path Pub., 2003.
Collection of writings about Appalachia.

Smith, Lee. Fair and Tender Ladies. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
A epistolary novel taking place in the Appalachian region.

Smith, Lee. Oral History. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.
A novel that describes a college student’s experience in the Appalachian region as she investigates her own family’s history.

West, John Foster. Going home to Zion. Boone, N.C.: Parkway Publishers, 2005.
A novel about a man who returns home to Zion, located in the Appalachian Mountains, after an absence of 15 years.

Juvenile Literature

Bosworth, J. Allan. All the Dark Places. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1968.
A sixteen-year-old boy sets out alone to explore a large and difficult cave in the Appalachian Mountains, becomes lost, and then loses all his sources of light except twenty matches.

Küntz, J. L. Tennessee Tiger. Nashville, Tenn.: Scythe Publications, 1996.
Mixing folklore with original fiction, this book tells the story of a young Tennessee boy who hears folklore story from his father about a Tennessee tiger. He fears the tiger, but eventually learns the story behind the story and grows through the process.

Lee, Mildred. The People Therein. New York: Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, 1980.
Fictional work geared towards a juvenile audience that takes place in the Southern Appalachians.

Miles, Miska. Hoagie's Rifle-gun. Boston: Little, Brown, 1970.
Reinforces the stereotypical poor Appalachian family that must hunt for food. Hoagie finds it difficult to kill food for his family when he gets to know his prey.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Sang Spell. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998.
A high-schooler hitchhikes across the country after the death of his mother in a car accident and winds up in a village in the Appalachians inhabited by Melungeons. Melungeons are discriminated against historically and are a minority group specific to Appalachia.

Rockwood, Joyce. Long Man's Song. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.
Pre-Columbian exchange Cherokee Indian who proves himself as a medicine man while trying to cure his sister’s illness.

Toone, Betty L. Appalachia; The Mountains, the Place, and the People. New York: F. Watts, 1972.
Geared for a juvenile audience. Describes the geographical and historical background of the Appalachian Mountains, the life of the people today, and the legends of the area.

Troughton, Joanna. The Little Mohee; An Appalachian Ballad. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1971.
An English settler leaves an Indian maiden to return to his English sweetheart. He later finds out his sweetheart has been unfaithful.

Van Hook, Beverly Hennen. Supergranny, the Secret of Devil Mountain. Rock Island, Ill: Holderby & Bierce, 1988.
Part of the “Supergranny” series. This book takes place when Supergranny travels to help a long-lost relative in West Virginia. Fairly stereotypical portrayal of Appalachia.

White, Ruth. Sweet Creek Holler. New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.
A novel geared towards a juvenile audience that takes place in the Appalachian Mountains.

Guidebook

Boyd, Brian. Waterfalls of the Southern Appalachians & Great Smoky Mountains. Clayton, Ga.: Fern Creek Press, 2001.
Offers a guide through the many waterfalls, especially those that are most famous, with a few gems that might be off the beaten path.

Coyner, Dale. Motorcycle Journeys through the Appalachians. North Conway, N.H.: Whitehorse Press, 1995.
Guidebook dedicated to motorcycling the Appalachian Mountains, an increasingly popular way to experience the Southern Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Crain, Jim. Camping around the Appalachian Mountains: Including the Blue Ridge and Great Smokies. New York: Random House, 1975.
Popular guidebook from the mid-1970’s that still offers some interesting information about camping in the Appalachians. Much of the information is still useful, but those using this as a guidebook may want to check for updates with the individual campgrounds and parks.

Isenhour, Edward. Appalachian Mountains: Sketches. Boone, N.C.: Minor's Printing, 1975.
Travel stories and sketches of the Appalachian region from the author.

Hagebak, Hawk. Motorcycle Adventures in the Southern Appalachians: North Georgia, Western North Carolina, East Tennessee. Almond, NC: Milestone Press, 2001.
Guidebook for those interested in Motorcycling the Appalachians, an increasingly popular way to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. This guidebook travels through the entire region, however.

Hare, James R. Hiking the Appalachian Trail. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1975.
Fairly straightforward guidebook for hiking the Appalachian Trail, the world’s longest continuous footpath that follows the Appalachian mountains from Georgia to Maine.

Hinkel, James R. Parkway Byways: Explore the Charming Countryside Close to the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Shenandoah National Park, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, 1998.
Shows and explains how to enjoy scenic drives near the Parkway and the businesses nearby.

Medina, Barbara F. Central Appalachian Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers of the Central Appalachian Mountains, Including Shenandoah National Park, the Catskill Mountains, and the Berkshire Mountains. Guilford, Conn.: Falcon, 2002.
Field Guide, which includes pictures and descriptions of wildflowers in the Central Appalachians. Covers a wide geographic area.

Miller, David. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail. Livermore, CA: WingSpan Press, 2006.
Guidebook for the Appalachian Trail. Most recent publication that actually guides the reader through the Trail itself.

Stephenson, Sue H. Basketry of the Appalachian Mountains. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
Descriptions of how to make baskets in the styles of the Appalachian Mountains, and also offers some historical background. Mostly a guide for making baskets.

Coffee Table

Clark, Jim. Mountain Memories: An Appalachian Sense of Place. Morgantown, W.Va.: Vandalia Press, 2003.
Coffee-table sized book that features photographs and impressions of stunning views in Appalachia. Also offers some interpretation of Appalachia.

Miller, Jake. Looneyville Zip Code 25259 Lore: Appalachian Mountains Folklore, Popular Etymology, Colloquial Speech. West Virginia: Xlibris, 1999.
Stereotypical speech and local etymology with a special focus on Looneyville, WV.

Moyer, Ben. Out Back: Reflections From the Appalachian Outdoors. Dunbar, Penn.: Stefano's Printing, 2002.
An artist’s impressions of the Appalachian region and outdoor writer’s observations.

Muench, David. Uncommon Places. Harpers Ferry, W.Va.: Appalachian Trail Conference, 1991.
Beautiful photos and some description in this pictorial view of the Appalachians.

Porter, Eliot. Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains. New York: Arrowood Press, 1988.
Eliot Porter provides the photos while Edward Abbey writes the majority of the text. The text bemoans the development commercially of the Appalachians and points to the rise of the tourism industry specifically.

Smith, Clyde H. Appalachian Mountains. Portland, Or.: Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., 1980.
Pictorial book of the Appalachian Mountains generally.

Hiking

Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.
Story about the author’s experience hiking the Appalachian Trail with insights into the local people and those who hiked the trail with him. Special insight into “trail culture.”

Eberhart, M. J. Where Less the Path is Worn: The Appalachian Mountains Trail, the Eastern Continental Trail. Bloomingdale, Ohio: Thirsty Turtle Press, 2004.
Author’s experiences on the Appalachian Trail and impressions of the Appalachian Mountain wilderness.

Fink, Paul M. Backpacking was the Only Way: A Chronicle of Camping Experiencesin the Southern Appalachian. Johnson City, Tenn.: Research Advisory Council, East Tennessee State University, 1975.
Accounts of backpacking in the early 20th Century (approx 1914-1938) in the Appalachian Mountains, when backpacking truly was one of the few ways to enter some of the areas now designated “wilderness areas.”

Flack, James M. Ambling and Scrambling on the Appalachian Trail. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.: Appalachian Trail Conference, 1983.
Appalachian Trail travel story, provides some general observations on the Appalachians from the perspective of a hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

Sherman, Steve. Appalachian Odyssey: Walking the Trail from Georgia to Maine. Brattleboro, Vt.: S. Greene Press, 1977.
The author’s experience along the Appalachian Trail as a through-hiker.

Scholarly Articles

Davis, Timothy. “A Pleasant Illusion of Unspoiled Countryside’: The American Parkway and the Problematics of an Institutionalized Vernacular,” Vernacular Architecture Forum. vol. 9 (2003): 228-246.
Illustrates the problems of a road dedicated to popular use, but originally endorsed and encouraged by the upper classes. Also approaches the problems of what the countryside should look like along the Parkway.

Liles, Granville. “The Blue Ridge Parkway: Some Personal Notes on Its Early Development,” Appalachian Journal . vol. 4 no. 2 (1977): 175-170.
Liles Granville was Superintendent of the Parkway and offers his own personal insight on its development.

Noblitt, Phil. “The Blue Ridge Parkway and the Myth of the Pioneer.” Appalachian Journal. v. 21. no. 4. (1994): 394-409.
An academic article that confronts the myths that influenced many of the Parkway officials while construction and decisions about the version of Appalachian history were being debated.

Appalachian Culture

Alvic, Philis. Weavers of the Southern Highlands: Penland. Murray, Ky.: P. Alvic, 1992.
Oral and literal history of the revival of craft guilds in the Southern Appalachians. Focuses on individual guilds and schools that teach weaving.

Chase, Richard, ed. American Folk Tales and Songs, and other Examples of English- American Tradition as Preserved in the Appalachian Mountains and Elsewhere in the United States. New York: Dover Publications, 1971.
Folk Tales and Shaped Note singing figure prominently in Appalachian culture. This book houses a collection of these culturally significant stories and songs.

Connelly, Thomas Lawrence. Discovering the Appalachians; What to Look for from the Past and in the Present along America's Eastern Frontier. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1968.
As the title indicates, this book focuses on the present day manifestations of past traditions in Appalachia and the supposed persistence of these traditions. Note the publication date before reading.

Cuelho, Art, ed. Mountain Ways: Southern Appalachian Mountains. Big Timber, Mont.: Seven Buffaloes Press, 1985.
Romantic View of the Appalachian Mountains and the people that live there.

Davis, Donald D. Jack Always Seeks his Fortune: Authentic Appalachian Jack Tales. Little Rock, Ark.: August House, 1992.

Davis, Donald D. Southern Jack Tales. Little Rock, Ark.: August House, 1997.
These two titles are collections of “Jack Tales,” the most famous of which is “Jack and the Beanstalk.” These tales are emblematic of Appalachian Oral Tradition.

Goodman, Linda. Daughters of the Appalachians: Six Unique Women. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1999.
A story told from the perspective of a family member of these six women. Not historical, but rather stories retold from Linda Goodman’s personal recollections and those of her family.

Irwin, John Rice. Musical instruments of the Southern Appalachian. Exton, Penn.: Schiffer, 1983.
A catalog of musical instruments used in Appalachia and descriptions of these instruments.

Isenhour, Edward. Appalachian Mountains: Sketches. Boone, N.C.: Minor's Printing, 1975.
Travel stories and sketches of the Appalachian region from the author.

Jameson, W. C. Buried Treasures of the Appalachians: Legends of Homestead Caches, Indian Mines and Loot from Civil War Raids. Little Rock: August House Publishers, 1991.
Folklore abounds in this collection of treasure stories. Geared towards a juvenile audience, but serious enough for consideration by adults.

Jones, James Gay. Appalachian Ghost Stories, and Other Tales. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1975.

Jones, James Gay. Haunted Valley, and More Folk Tales. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Print. Co., 1979.
These two works demonstrate more of the Appalachian culture that is represented in the oral tradition of storytelling. Ghost stories are some of the emblematic stories told in Appalachia.

Murray, Kenneth. Down to Earth - People of Appalachia. Boone, N.C.: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1974.
Treatment of the people who live in the Appalachian region with accompanying black and white photos.

Russell, Randy. Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina. Winston-Salem, N.C.: J.F. Blair, 1988.
More of the ghost stories that are emblematic of Appalachian oral tradition.

Steely, Michael S. Swift's Silver Mines and Related Appalachian Treasures. Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1995.
A book dealing with many legends regarding treasure in the Appalachian Mountains. The most prominent are the book’s namesake, Jonathon Swift’s silver mines.

Wolfe, Charles K. Children of the Heav'nly King. District of Columbia: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory. 1982.
Audio recording of songs and sermons in addition to talks from church members. Recordings are part of the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, a U.S. government funded project to document the people who lived along the Parkway and to preserve native folklore and culture along the Parkway.

Environmental History

Ayers, Harvard, Jenny Hager, and Charles E. Little, eds. An Appalachian Tragedy: Air Pollution and Tree Death in the Eastern Forests of North America. San Francisco, Calif.: Sierra Club Books, 1998.
Published by the Sierra Club, this book chronicles the decline of Appalachian Forests due to Air Pollution and Acid Rain.

Brown,Margaret Lynn. The Wild East: A Biography of the Great Smoky Mountains. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
A book dealing with the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, especially focusing on the environmental aspects of the Park.

Catlin, David T. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1984.
Natural history of the Blue Ridge Parkway, focusing on the environment and the building of the parkway.

Clark, Thomas Dionysius. The Greening of the South: The Recovery of Land and Forest. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 1984.
The process of deforestation and the reforestation of the South, with quite a bit of the book dedicated to the Appalachian forests.

Davis, Donald Edward. Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000.
A sweeping study of the Southern Highlands that offers one of the first complete studies of the environmental conditions of the region.

Gustanski, Julie Ann, and Roderick H. Squires. Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements Past, Present, and Future. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2000.
Collection of essays and articles describing the history of the conservation easements that characterize the Blue Ridge Parkway’s methods of preserving “viewsheds”.

Hairr, John. High Peaks of the East. Erwin, NC: Averasboro Press, 2000.
This book chronicles the mountains in the eastern United States that are 6000 feet or above. The Black Mountains, along which the Parkway travels, are included.

Jacoby, Karl. Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Environmental History chronicling how humanity has created nature and how American conservation has been portrayed in different lights throughout history.

Jolley, Harley E. Painting with a Comet's Tail: The Touch of the Landscape Architect on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Boone, N.C.: Appalachian Consortium; Washington, D.C.: American Society of Landscape Architects, 1987.
Focuses on the Landscape Architect’s role in creating the environment of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Nolt, John, et al. What Have We Done?: The Foundation for Global Sustainability's State of the Bioregion Report for the Upper Tennessee Valley and the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Washburn, TN: Earth Knows Publications, 1997.
Environmental and sustainability concerns for the Southern Appalachians. Indictment of modern society’s love of cars and unsustainable development.

Pierce,Daniel S. The Great Smokies: From Natural Habitat to National Park. University of Tennessee Press, 2000.
Generally deals with the development in the perceptions of the areas that eventually became the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Richard West Sellars. Preserving Nature in the National Parks: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
An important work that demonstrates the National Park Service’s desire to return the natural areas of the parks into “pristine” wilderness, despite opposition from biologists who countered that such conditions never existed.

Sullivan, Lynne P., and Susan C. Prezzano. Archaeology of the Appalachian Highlands. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2001.
Collection of articles about the past and future of Archaeology in Appalachia, with an emphasis on humanity’s effects on the environment.

Weidensaul, Scott. Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Pub., 1994.
Natural history that indicates the effect humans have had on the environment of the Appalachian Mountains and the affect the environment of Appalachia has had on people as they continuously move into the region and settle it.

Williams, Jack. E40°: An Interpretive Atlas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Geographical and Environmental history of the Appalachian region, although this book tends to focus on Pennsylvania and West Virginia with only brief glances into the Southern Highlands.

History

Birnbaum, Charles A., and Mary V. Hughes. Design with Culture: Claiming America's Landscape Heritage. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 2005.
Collection of essays on the development of the idea of landscape architecture, with an article specifically on the Blue Ridge Parkway’s role in landscape architecture’s development.

Carr, Ethan. Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Focuses on National Parks through the perspectives of Landscape Architects and the importance of the “picturesque” landscapes in the parks.

Davis, Timothy, Todd A. Croteau, and Christopher H. Marston. America's National Park Roads and Parkways: Drawings from the Historic American Engineering Record. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Generally about Park roads and parkways, with essays on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Skyline Drive, and roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Fink, Paul M. Backpacking was the Only Way: A Chronicle of Camping Experiences in the Southern Appalachian. Johnson City, Tenn.: Research Advisory Council, East Tennessee State University, 1975.
Accounts of backpacking in the early 20th Century (approx 1914-1938) in the Appalachian Mountains, when backpacking truly was one of the few ways to enter some of the areas now designated “wilderness areas.”

Fritsch, Albert J., and Kristin Johannsen. Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains. Lexington, Ky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Tourism’s reliance on nature in Appalachia and its reliance on the mountains’ natural beauty in selling the region to tourists.

Green, Elna C. The New Deal and Beyond: Social Welfare in the South since 1930. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003.
Collection of essays on the New Deal and the implications it had in the South, with an essay specifically focusing on the Blue Ridge Parkway as a “make-work” project.

Jameson, W. C. Buried Treasures of the Appalachians: Legends of HomesteadCaches, Indian Mines and Loot from Civil War Raids. Little Rock: August House Publishers, 1991.
Folklore abounds in this collection of treasure stories. Geared towards a juvenile audience, but serious enough for consideration by adults.

Jolley, Harley E. The Blue Ridge Parkway. Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1969.
The definitive book on the Blue Ridge Parkway’s history for nearly 40 years, Jolley’s treatment of the Appalachians is romantic and steeped in stereotypes, but still helpful.

Mark David Spence. Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Describes how the National Park Service’s progression required friction with the American Indians who already lived in many of the places that were incorporated into the national parks.

Shaffer, Marguerite S. See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1880-1940. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001.
Follows the “See America First” movement as it encouraged Americans to stay in the United States and see their “home” tourist attractions.

Shapiro, Henry D. Appalachia on Our Mind: The Southern Mountains and Mountaineers in the American Consciousness, 1870-1920. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1978.
Focusing on perceptions of Appalachia by outsiders, this is one of the most important books in Appalachian studies as a foundational text for understanding the region and how it has been understood by those not from the region.

Starnes, Richard D. Creating the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Society in Western North Carolina. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005.
Argues that the beginning of the Appalachian tourism industry started in the Southern Highlands during the nineteenth century when planters left the lowlands for the mountains during the summer.

Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Provides a general revisionist history of the Blue Ridge Parkway in opposition to previous scholarship on the road. Required reading for the workshop.

Scientific

Bartholomew, Mervin J., eds. The Grenville Event in the Appalachians and Related Topics. Boulder, Colo.: Geological Society of America, 1984.
Geological history of the Appalachians as presented by a combined meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern sections of the Geological Society of America.

Bentley, Stanley L. Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
Pictorial and informational book that describes and illustrates the orchids of the Southern Appalachians.

Dann, Kevin T. Traces on the Appalachians: A Natural History of Serpentine in Eastern North America. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1988.
Natural history of Serpentine mineral deposits in the Appalachians.

Gardner, T.W., W.D. Sevon, eds. Appalachian Geomorphology. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier, 1989.
An examination of the geomorphology of the Appalachian region, including human contributions to the changing landscape.

News and Magazine Articles

Berman, E. “Wake Up to Mountain Views,” Washingtonian. vol., no. 12. (2005): 90-91.
Shenandoah National Park is the subject of this article advertising the regions lovely views.

Daerr, E.G. “Parks Attract Ginseng Poachers,” National Parks. vol. 75, no. 9-10. (Sept./Oct. 2001): 12.
Ginseng, once collected by mountaineers and sold in Piedmont towns, is returning as a potential goldmine. Poaching has become a problem in National Parks, especially Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Hoffner, E. “In Defense of the Web of Life,” Orion. vol. 26, no. 2. (March/April 2007): 70-71.
Focuses on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park rather than the Parkway, but many of the same issues affect both of these parks.

Lukas, Paul. “Long and Winding Road,” Money. vol. 29, issue 9. (Sep. 2000): 158.
General romantic description of the Parkway and good publicity with a short segment of travel writing.

Lyle, Katie Letcher. “A Forest Mystery - There's garbage in them thar hills,” Newsweek, Inc. vol. 124, issue 2. (1994): 10.
This article focuses attention on the cultural problems surrounding littering, especially in the Appalachian region and the National Parks that inhabit it.

Magnuson, M. “The Heavenly Blues [Cycling the Blue Ridge Parkway],” Bicycling. V48, no. 4. (2007): 82-84.
Describes the appeal of cycling in the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Mareck, A.C. “A New Look for Appalachia,” U.S. News and World Report. vol. 136, no. 20. (June 2004): 40.
Biotech, tourism, and high-tech industry revitalize an area of Appalachian Ohio.

Mark, Young. “Conservation Easements Threatened,” Parks & Recreation. vol. 40, issue 11. (Nov. 2005): 66-67.
Article focusing on the new threats posed to the easements both near the Blue Ridge Parkway and other national parks. Easements were first used in very few places, with the Blue Ridge Parkway among the first, and protected the views from the Parkway while reducing the costs of the park and allowing owners to retain the titles to their property.

Marquis, A.L. “A Blue Ridge State of Mind,” National Parks. vol. 80, no. 4. (Fall 2006): 42-47.
The Blue Ridge Parkway takes center stage in this article, which paints an idyllic view of the road.

Marquis, A.L. “Land of the Blue Smoke,” National Parks. Vol. 81, no. 2. (Spring 2007): 18-19.
Advertising article dealing with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Mines, P. “Sweet Grass and Sassafrass: African Americans Head for the Mountains,” American Visions. vol. 15, no. 4. (Aug./Sept. 2000): 52-54.
African Americans, an extreme minority historically, are heading to the mountains for respite.

Stith, M.G. “Cool Off in the Blue Ridge,” Southern Living. vol. 40, no. 9. (August 2005): 12-14.
Article advertising the Blue Ridge Region as a popular tourist destination.

Talley, Jenell. "Most polluted parks. (NPCA Notes)." National Parks (Sept-Oct 2002): 14
Four out of the five parks listed are in Appalachian Mountain chain, with three (Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, and Mammoth Cave) in the Southern Appalachians.

Whaley, A. “Once Unique, Soon a Place Like Any Other,” Newsweek. Vol. 146, no. 20. (2005): 13.
As the title suggests, this article deals with the increasing amount of encroachment and development that threaten the Parkway.

White, Mel. “Wending the winding Blue Ridge Parkway.” National Geographic Traveler. vol. 9, issue 5. (Sep/Oct 1992): 82.
A short story about the Parkway and the author’s experience driving along the road. Travel information and photos are included.

Wilson, K.Y. “Black and Blue Grass,” Cincinnati Magazine. vol. 40, no. 11. (17 Sept. 2007): 14.
Focuses on Black musicians in the Appalachian region, with special emphasis on bluegrass.

Diversity Bibliography

Documents

Lesson Plans

I. Lesson Template

Lesson Plan Template

II. Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan Format I
Lesson Plan Format II
Lesson Plan Format III

Using Historic Documents
Appeal to President Roosevelt
Scenic Easements and Land Use
Document Based Questions

III. Eminent Domain

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Teacher's Guide
Handouts
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Lesson Plan
NCSS Plan
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