Blair Mountain Lesson Plans
Materials
Blair Mountain Maps
Lesson Plan No. 1: Labor History
- "The Beginning of Coal & Timber" and "UMWA and the Coal Wars" from History of the Coal River Part 2
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The Appalachians video segment
[Video no longer available: “Appalachians segment on Blair mountain” has been removed from Vimeo.]
Lesson Plan No. 2: Contemporary Threats to Blair Mountain
- "What is MTR?" from Greenlight Zine
- Blair Mountain Maps
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Battle of Blair Mountain by Jordan Freeman
[Video no longer available: “The Battle of Blair Mountain” has been removed from Vimeo.] -
Resources for small group activity:
- People: Hazy & Shumates Today, Journey Up Coal River
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Economy:
- How Does Mountaintop Removal Effect the Economy?, I Love Mountains
- Seasonal Round of Land Use in Coal River Valley, Community Land Use in Coal River Valley, Journey Up Coal River
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Health: Public Health & Coal Slurry, Journey Up Coal River
- Introduction
- Health, if time allows
- Environment: What is Mountaintop Removal?, Environmental Impacts, Journey Up Coal River
Lesson Plan No. 3: Working Together to Save Blair Mountain
- Call to Action and excerpt from editorial by Terry Steele
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End of March Recap by Jordan Freeman
[Video no longer available: “Final days of the March on Blair Mountain” has been removed from Vimeo.]
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