Judy's Appalachia

What was the purpose of Mountaintop Removal Mining?

• To allow room to build new neighborhoods and schools

• To help prevent old and dead trees from falling on the city

• To make coal removal quicker and easier for miners

• Leveling mountains made it easier to travel

To join others in refusing to do business with a person or organization

• reject

• boycott

• fulfill

• command

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

How did Judy's work make an impact? 

• nothing happened because of her hard work

• people got better pay

• communities in mining areas became better protected

• people got a free trip of their choice

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

written on a list or recorded officially

• mentioned

• qualified

• notarized

• registered

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What was killing the fish in Judy’s town?

• coal sludge

• frigid water temperatures

• hunters

• fishing nets

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The act of supporting and giving hope or confidence

• calmness

• vanity

• encouragement

• conceit

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why did Judy and her family leave Marfork?

• dynamite blasts were too loud

• Fish were dying

• Pollution

• jobs were being cut due to mining practices

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Judy speaking out against? 

• low pay for workers

• cutting down trees

• high cost of groceries

• a type of mining

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why was coal mining important to the people in Marfork?

• It offered large salaries to its workers

• It allowed big businesses to come in and create tourism

• It provided energy and jobs

• To keep their environment clean and healthy

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the genre of Judy's Appalachia? 

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• biography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10