Lessons and Programs

Classroom Lessons and Programs

Elementary Schools Pre-Visit Ideas

Lesson Plan: Thomas Wolfe and Progress, Progress, Progress

• Pre-Visit Lesson Plan: Progress, Progress, Progress

Multiple Choice Questions with Readings 

• Who was Thomas Wolfe?
• What is the Old Kentucky Home?
• Asheville 1900-1920

Word Games and Artifact Worksheets 

• Artifacts at the Old Kentucky Home
• Answers to Artifacts at the OKH
• Artifact Word Scramble
• Answers to Artifact Word Scramble

Lesson Plan: Our Changing Community

• OurChangingCommunityLesson Plan
• Artifact Identification
• Artifact Clues
• Artifacts at the Old Kentucky Home
• Artifact Word Scramble
• Pack Square Photo 1880s
• Pack Square Photo 1910
• Pack Square Photo 1929
• Pack Square Photo 1950

Elementary Schools Post-Visit Ideas

Lesson Plan: Thomas Wolfe and Progress, Progress, Progress

• Post Visit Lesson Plan: Progress, Progress Progress
• Post Visit Crossword Puzzle
• Thomas Wolfe Memorial Brochure

Writing Prompts

• Writing Activity - Back Yard and Basement
• Writing Activity - Grover
• Writing Activity - Storm
• Writing Activity - Seasons
• Writing Activity - Town Square

Middle to High School Schools Pre-Visit Ideas

Lesson Plan: Thomas Wolfe’s Family, Friends, and Folklore

• Thomas Wolfe Family Friends and Folklore
• Part 1: Thomas Wolfe and Look Homeward, Angel
• Discussion Questions
• Look Homeward Excerpt
• Gravestone Symbols and Their Meaning
• Part 2: Julia Wolfe and Folklore
• Julia Wolfe’s Trip to Heaven
• The Nunne’hi – A Cherokee Legend

Lesson Plan: What I Came To Tell You

• Lesson Plan What I Came to Tell You
• This lesson plan combines an informational text about Thomas Wolfe and his family and a new youth novel, What I Came to Tell You by Tommy Hays. Consider visiting the Wolfe Memorial either before or after this lesson in order to truly make this exciting novel for young readers come alive in your classroom!

Middle to High School Schools Post-Visit Ideas

Lesson Plan: Thomas Wolfe, His Family and Look Homeward, Angel

• Thomas Wolfe His Family and Look Homeward, Angel
• Part One: Thomas Wolfe and Bullying
• Look Homeward Excerpts About Bullying
• Discussion Questions About Bullying
• Part 2: Old Kentucky Home Architecture
• Old Kentucky Home Structure Report

Read and Write: Thomas Wolfe’s Short Stories

The Sun & the Rain

• The Sun and the Rain
• The Sun and the Rain Lesson Plan
• The Sun and the Rain Vocabulary

Gulliver: The Story of a Tall Man

• Gulliver The Story of a Tall Man
• Lesson Plan Gulliver The Story of a Tall Man
• Gulliver Ideas to Students
• Gulliver’s Travels Chapter One
• Gulliver Vocabulary

The Far and the Near

• The Far and the Near
• Lesson Plan The Far and the Near
• The Far and the Near Ideas for Student
• The Far and the Near Vocabulary

Polyphemus

• Polyphemus
• Polyphemus Ideas for student Consideration
• Lesson Plan for Teachers 2017
• Vocabulary List 2017

No Cure For It

• No Cure for It
• No-Cure-For-It-Ideas-for-Student-Consideration
• No Cure For It Teacher Lesson Plan
• No Cure For It Vocabulary List

Old Catawba

• Old Catawba
• Old Catawba Vocabulary
• Old Catawba Lesson Plan
• Old Catawba Writing Prompts

The Lost Boy, part IV

• The Lost Boy part IV
• Lost Boy part IV Vocabulary
• The Lost Boy part IV Lesson Plan
• Lost Boy part IV Writing Prompts

One of the Girls in Our Party

• One of the Girls in Our Party
• Lesson Plan for Teachers
• Ideas for Student Consideration
• One of the Girls Vocabulary

Return of the Prodigal

• The Return of the Prodigal
• The Return of the Prodigal Lesson Plan
• Ideas for Student Consideration 2022
• The Return of the Prodigal Vocabulary list