A Walk in the Woods | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Appalachian Trail - This is the setting of the book, stretching nearly 2,200 miles from northern Georgia to Maine.

Springer Mountain - The southern trailhead of the trail where the main characters start hiking after they arrive in Atlanta.

Snickers - Katz bring an entire dufflebag of these treats when he starts the hike.

Walking Stick - Bryson's children give him one of these as a gift when he sets out on the trail. He loses it somewhere in Virginia.

Amicalola Falls Lodge - The night before setting out on the AT,...
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