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Lesson 1 (from Pages 7-38)
Objective
Students will meticulously analyze the many different elements of the cover art included with the narrative of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia order to deepen their understanding of the connection between the work's themes and the cover art that is chosen by Catte to underscore these themes.
Visual literacy is a very important skill to foster in today's world and the vivid artwork featured on the cover of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia provides an excellent opportunity to teach students skills in visual literacy. One edition of the text depicts an enormous grove of trees taking up the top half of the book’s cover. Forming the majority of the cover’s lower half is a series of shadowy figures, linked together like a string of paper dolls. The people’s heads are located near the bottom of the cover, as if...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.2(b), 9-10.9, 11-12.2(b), 11-12.9
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