Unit IV The State of Our Lives: Being a Louisiana Neighbor
Lesson 1 Louisiana's Major Folk Regions

Prove It Worksheet

Name _______________________________________________ Date _______________

Directions: In which region of the state would you be most likely to find the following folklife traditions, North Louisiana, South Louisiana, or New Orleans? How can you prove it? This worksheet may be used as a pre-test to compare what you know with what you learn during this lesson.

Put a checkmark in the correct column to show your answer for each tradition listed below. In the last column, write your "Proof." This could be what someone said in an interview, a picture from a webpage, information in an article or on a map, or other facts you think of. Later, you may have to use these proofs when others disagree with you.

Folklife Traditions
Regions
Proof
North Louisiana
South Louisiana
New Orleans
Rodeos       

 

 

Bonfires on the levee       

 

 

Crawfish net       

 

 

Picking peaches       

 

 

Red beans and rice 

     

 

 

Bluegrass or old-time music       

 

 

Easter Rock      

 

 

Zydeco      

 

 

Pit barbeque      

 

 

Blues

     

 

 

Hunting with a Catahoula hound dog      

 

 

Shrimp boat      

 

 

Pressing sugar cane      

 

 

Rockabilly      

 

 

Chitimacha rivercane weaving

     

 

 

Tamales      

 

 

Lake or river baptism      

 

 

Brass band      

 

 

Stock show      

 

 

Compère Lapin stories      

 

 

Décimas

     

 

 

Bonnie and Clyde legends      

 

 

Handfishing      

 

 

Choctaw ribbon shirts      

 

 

Houma baskets      

 

 

St. Joseph's Day altars      

 

 

Stories of working on oil rigs      

 

 

"Louisiana Hayride"      

 

 

Protestant church homecoming and dinner on the grounds      

 

 

Easter egg knocking      

 

 

Stories of crop dusting      

 

 

Coushatta ceremonial mask      

 

 

Saddle making      

 

 

 

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