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Unit VIII
The Worlds of Work and Play
Resources
Find below resources helpful
for Unit VIII lessons. Specific resources are also listed in
individual lessons. More resources may be found online in the
Louisiana Folklife Recommended Reading List
and the Louisiana
Folklife Bibliography. Resources marked with an asterisk
(*) are available from the CARTS Catalog
800/333-5982.
- Aber, Lee. Something Nobody
Else Has: The Story of Turtle Trapping in Louisiana. Hawksbill
Productions, 1984. A 30-minute video documenting the alligator
snapping turtle and the people who trap, study, and try to protect
it. Good for secondary classrooms. Available for loan from the
State Library of Louisiana or for purchase from Hawksbill Productions,
734 Cheatwood Road, Ruston, LA 71270, 318/255-7505.
- Allamel, Frederic. 1999.
Houma Indian Arts. Exhibit Catalog. n.p.
- Bain, Bev. Using Whole
Language Strategies, Cooperative Learning, and Flexible Groupings
to Strengthen Reading and Writing Instruction: Resource Handbook.
Washington State Bureau of Education and Research, 1989. Order
from the bureau, P.O. Box 96068, Bellevue, WA 98009, 206/453-1500.
- Blake, Clifford. "Cornbread
for Your Husband and Biscuits for Your Man: Mr. Clifford Blake,
Sr., Calls the Cotton Press." Louisiana Folklife Recordings,
1980, LP 0001, available from the Louisiana
Folklife Center, NSU Box 3663, Natchitoches, LA 71497,
318/357-4332.
- Blank, Les. Always for
Pleasure. Flower Films, 1978. A 58-minute video looking at
various New Orleans activities and related aspects of lifestyle.
From jazz funerals to food to parades to Mardi Gras, it offers
a wide perspective of New Orleans life and fun, with an emphasis
on street life and street perspectives. Film as a whole is not
recommended for the classroom, but certain segments are beneficial.
Available through State Library and Flower Films and Video, 10341
San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530, 415/525-0942
- Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.
Red Shoe's People: A History of the Sovereign Nation of the
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
1992. Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Elton, LA. Available from
the Coushatta Tribe Louisiana, PO Box 818, Elton, LA 70532. Also
available online.
- DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne. City
Green. William Morrow, 1994. A girl works with neighbors
to create a community garden. Grades K-4, $16.*
- Green, Archie. Only a
Miner. University of Illinois Press, 1972. A classic occupational
folklore text that teachers and older students would find useful.
- Gregory, H. F., and Donald
W. Hatley, eds. 1992. Splittin' on the Grain: North Louisiana
Crafts. Alexandria, LA Museum of Art. In many Louisiana libraries.
- Gundaker, Grey, ed. Keep
Your Head to the Sky: Interpreting African American Home Ground.
University Press of Virginia, 1998. Teacher resource.
- Harris, Sara Ann. Lifeways Study Unit.
Louisiana Seafood Board, N.d. Suitable for grades 8-12 and adults, this unit is keyed
to Louisiana Content Standards for Geography and History and includes activities, posters,
and reading. Three sections of the video may be used as an enrichment activitiy. The unit explores how
the fisher/shrimper/oyster-farmer lifeway has been passed down for generations and how the families' lives were shaped by the forces of nature in the coastal
lowlands of Louisiana. To survive in a constantly changing environment, people developed strong family
ties, self-reliance, and special trade skills on the water. Available
from the Louisiana Seafood Board, Louisiana Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1600 Canal Street, Suite 210, New
Orleans, LA 70112, 800-222-4017.
- Kniffen, Fred, H. F. Gregory,
and George A. Stokes. The Historic Indian Tribes of Louisiana:
From 1542 to the Present. LSU, 1987.
- Langley, Linda, Susan Lejeune,
and Claude Oubre, eds. Folklife Series. LSU at Eunice. Each issue
features a Coushatta tradition bearer. Les Raconteurs: Treasure
Lore and More, Vol. 1, 1995; Les Artistes: Crafters Tell
Their Tales. Vol. 2, 1996; Les Reveil des Fetes: Revitalized
Celebrations and Performance Traditions, Vol. 3, 1997; Les
Vieux Temps: Recreation and Family Traditions in Southwest Louisiana
Vol. 4, 1998. Series copies available from P.O. Box 1129, Eunice,
LA 70535 or 318/457-7311, ext 308.
- Lawrence, Jacob. The Great
Migration: An American Story. Harper Trophy, 1995. Over 60
of Lawrence's paintings illustrate African Americans' journey
from the South to find work in the big cities of the North beginning
in 1916, grades 3-8, $23.50.*
- Lester, Julius. John Henry.
Dial Books, 1994. Jerry Pinkney illustrated this retelling of
the African American folk hero's life for elementary students,
$16.99.*
- Levine, Lawrence. Black
Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from
Slavery to Freedom. Oxford University Press, 1977. A historian
employs folklore to analyze African American history and thought
in this vital, highly readable teacher resource, which analyzes
many genres, including work songs.
- Medford, Claude, Jr., H.
F. Gregory, and Don Sepulvado. The Old Ways Live: The Claude
Medford, Jr. Collection. Northwestern Louisiana State University,
Williamson Museum, 1990. Available from the Williamson Museum,
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA 71497, 318/357-4364.
- Mire, Pat. Dance for a
Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras. Pat Mire, 1993. A 57-minute
video which looks at rural Cajun Mardi Gras and the tradition
of masked and costumed revelers going from house to house gathering
ingredients for a communal gumbo. Good for secondary classrooms.
Available for loan from the State Library of Louisiana. Available
for purchase from Louisiana
Catalog, 11478 Highway 1, Larose, LA 70373, 800/375-4100
or 504/693-3969, and Educational Associates, Inc., 123 Polly
Lane, Lafayette, LA 70508, 800/960-2222 or 984-8951, $39.95.
- Mire, Pat and Charles Bush.
Anything I Catch: The Handfishing Story. Pat Mire and Charles Bush, 1990. A 28-minute video
examining the regional phenomenon of Cajuns who wade in the bayou to
catch catfish and turtles with their bare hands. Good for classroom use.
Available for loan through the State Library of Louisiana. Available for
purchase from Bush Films, 8645 Forest Hill Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70809, 225-926-2327.
- Moore, Patricia, "Growing
Up Southern: An Interdisciplinary Project Exploring Family Stories
Based on Selected Works of Art by Benny Andrews," Art
Education, Vol. 52, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 25-31, available
from National Art Education Association, 703/836-8000, $9. Includes
color reproductions of Andrews' paintings of people at work in
the South.
- Morris, Oradel Nolen. I
Hear the Song of the Houmas/J'Entends La Chanson Des Houmas.
Paupieres Publishing Co., Houma, LA, 1992.
- Roach, Susan, ed. On My
Way: The Arts of Sarah Albritton. Louisiana Tech University,
1998. This book full of color prints features writing by
the artist and scholars and was published in conjunction with
a major exhibit of her work. The artist chronicles each painting
in her own words. Available from University
Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Rd., Jackson, MS
39211, 800/737-7788, $15.
- Snyder, Luella and Steve
Knudsen. Of Sugar Cane and Syrup. Perspective Film, 1977.
A 15-minute documentary focusing on the Stribling family as they
make sugar cane for their own use. Available for loan through
the State Library of Louisiana.
- Terkel, Studs. Hard Times:
An Oral History of the Great Depression. Pantheon reissue,
1986. Older students may appreciate reading of joblessness and
hard times, $13.*
- Terkel, Studs. Working.
New Press reissue, 1997. A classic collection of people's conversations
about work for older students.
- Turner, Karl. Living on
the Edge. Louisiana Seafood Board, 1999. Suitable for grades 9-12.
54 minute documentary broken down into teachable sections with a guide to the Docuemntary.
There are two study units available, each includes activities, posters,
readings, the video, and a key to Louisiana Content Standards for Geography,
History, and Environmental Sciences. The Louisiana Seafood Lifeway Study Unit and the
Louisiana Seafood Habitat Study Unit. Available free from the Louisiana
Seafood Board, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
1600 Canal Street, Suite 210, New Orleans, LA 70112, 800-222-4017.
- Westmacott, Richard. African-American
Gardens and Yards in the Rural South. University of Tennessee
Press, 1992. Teacher resource.
- Wilson, Charles Reagan and
William Ferris, eds. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Includes concise essays
on all aspects of the South. Available in many public libraries,
1,656 pages, $69.95.
Unit VIII Outline
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