For teachers, homeschoolers, and lifelong learners: The Moonlit Road Schoolhouse gives you classroom-ready background on Southern folklore, history, and culture — from Gullah-Geechee traditions and Cherokee history to the Civil War history and forgotten tragedies that still shape the region’s story. Use these articles to build lessons on storytelling, regional history, and the oral traditions of the American South, or pair them with our Southern audio stories, told by storytellers who bring these tales to life.

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• Lesson Plans for Teachers – created by teachers, for teachers, based on our stories.
• Folktale Characteristics: A Guide to Archetypes and Types of Folklore

Southern Folklore & Storytelling Traditions

• Joel Chandler Harris and his Uncle Remus Tales
• Cajun Folklore, Superstitions & Spells — Strange Beliefs of Louisiana
• Gullah-Geechee Culture and Coastal Georgia Slavery
• Cherokee History & Culture in Appalachia — Traditions and Beliefs
• John Bennett and The Doctor to the Dead
• Appalachian Mountain Culture — Ghost Stories, Folklore & Traditions

Southern History & Historic Sites

• The Federal Writers’ Project: Preserving Southern Oral Traditions
• Battle of Pickett’s Mill: Georgia’s Forgotten Civil War Site
• Coal Mining in Appalachia
• New Orleans Above Ground Cemeteries
• Ambrose Bierce: The Haunted Life and Ghost Stories of a Civil War Veteran

Explore the stories behind these lessons: Many Schoolhouse articles are paired with a story from our Southern Ghost Stories or Southern Folktales archives — a good next stop if a lesson’s source story sparks curiosity.