Cross-Curricular Connections

“Flowers and Freckle Cream” takes place in a region sometimes called “Appalachia”. Appalachia includes the areas in and around the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. Click on the link below to view different kinds of art unique to Appalachia.

http://www.museumofappalachia.org/Collections_at_the_Museum_of_Appalachia.htm

In “Flowers and Freckle Cream”, Elizabeth works in the tobacco fields with her cousins. They are working to grow tobacco for cigarettes. Unfortunately, cigarettes are harmful to your health. Click on the link below to complete an activity about the dangers of smoking.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078774055/student_view0/chapter9/student_web_activities_-_lesson_3.html