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Unit IX
The Seasonal Round and Life Cycles Resources
Find below resources helpful
for Unit IX 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.
- Ancona, George. Fiesta
USA. Lodestar Books, 1995. Photos with some text on four
Latino celebrations in the U.S., $15.99.*
- Anderson, David. Kwanzaa:
An Everyday Resource Guide. Gumbs and Thomas Publishers,
1992. Teacher resource with activities, music, literature on
celebrating Kwanzaa, $15.*
- Beeler, Shelby B. Throw
Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World.
Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Teeth may be the same around the world,
but students in lower grades will enjoy seeing what children
from other countries do when they lose a tooth, $16.*
- Bruhac, Joseph, et al. Thirteen
Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons.
Paper Star, reprint, 1997. A picture book of poems based on different
Native American traditions for each of the 13 moons of the year,
grades K-4, $5.99.
- CARTS Newsletter, Vol 3 1999, National Task Force on Folk Arts
in Education and City Lore. This issue features intergenerational
stories and activities by teachers and folklorists, online
or $2 per copy, 800/333-5982.
- Cobblestone Publishing. Faces: People, Places, and Cultures.
This magazine full of illustrations, activities, and information
for students in grades 4-9 concentrates on different cultures
and cultural practices around the world. One-year subscription
of 9 issues, $26.95. Back issues feature many topics related
to the seasonal round and cycle of life, $4.95 each, 800/821-0115.
- Davis, Shari and Benny Ferdman.
Nourishing the Heart: A Guide to Intergenerational Arts Projects
in the Schools. City Lore, 114 pp., 1993. Encourages bringing
senior citizens into classrooms to engage young and old in joint
ventures to recreate their own and their communities' cultural
heritage in visual arts, theater, and writing projects, all grades,
$10.*
- Deetz, James. "Remember
Me As You Pass By, "In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology
of Early American Life. Anchor Books, 1977, revised and expanded,
1996, $11.95.
- Doros, Arthur. Tonight
Is Carnaval. Puffin Books, 1995. Picture book illustrated
with appliquéd cloths portrays a Peruvian boy's day as
he prepares for Carnaval, the Latin American version of Mardi
Gras, K-4, $4.99.*
- Dresser, Norine. Multicultural
Celebrations. Random House, 1999. A folklorist who has written
extensively on contemporary customs, Dresser offers background
and rules of etiquette for celebrations of many cultural groups
living in this country, $15.
- Dresser, Norine. Multicultural
Manners. John Wiley & Sons, 1996. Teachers and students
can research ways to avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings and
learn customs of various cultural groups, $14.95.
- Feldman, Eve B. Birthdays!
Celebrating Life Around the World. Bridgewater Books, 1996.
Children's drawings of birthdays around the world with simple
rhymes for children 4-8, $14.95.
- Florence, Robert. New
Orleans Cemeteries: Life in the Cities of the Dead. Batture
Press, New Orleans, 1997. This photography book includes much
of the folklore of New Orleans cemeteries.
- Gaudet, Marcia. "Charlene
Richard: Folk Veneration Among the Cajuns," Southern
Folklore, Vol. 51, no. 2, 1994, pp. 253-166.
- Gaudet, Marcia. "Christmas
Bonfires in South Louisiana: Tradition and Innovation,"
Southern Folklore, Vol. 47, 1990, pp. 195-206.
- Gaudet, Marcia. "The
New Orleans King Cake in Southwest Louisiana," Mid-America
Folklore, Fall 1989, pp. 114-121.
- Gaudet, Marcia. Tales
from the Levee. Center for Louisiana Studies, University
of Southwestern Louisiana, 1984. See chapters one and two, The
Calendar Year--Holiday Tradition and Lore and Rites of Passage:
Birth Courtship, Marriage, Death.
- Gibbons, Gail. Happy Birthday!
Holiday House, 1987. Picture book for students 4-8 examining
birthday traditions, $15.95.
- Gillis, Candida. The Community
as Classroom. Heinemann, 1992. Teacher resource for encouraging
students' insight into and work with elders and community, $23.*
- Hamilton, Virginia. In
the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World. Harcourt
Brace, reprint 1991. This Newberry winner has 25 creation myths
for grades 3-8 and a useful bibliography, $18.*
- Hand, Wayland D., ed. American
Folk Medicine. UCLA Press, 1976, paperback 1980. Although
out of print, libraries may have this useful resource.
- Hansen, Joyce and Gary McGowan.
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's
African Burial Ground. Holt, 1998. A thorough look at the
process of discovering history through anthropology and archaeology
in the newly discovered slave graveyard, grades 6-12, $16.95.
- Holm, Sharon Lane. Happy
Birthday Everywhere. Millbrook Press, 1997. This collection
of birthday celebrations in 19 countries for grades 4-8 includes
recipes, crafts, games, and the birthday song in nine languages,
$23.
- Johnson, Dinah, photographs
by Richard Samuel Roberts. All Around Town: The Photographs
of Richard Samuel Roberts. Holt, 1998. Simple text and striking
photographs illustrate the lives of African American citizens
of Columbia, SC in the 1920s and 1930s. Features weddings, families,
people at work and play, grades K-8, $15.95.
- Kindersley, Barnabas and
Anabel. Children Just Like Me: Celebrations. DK Publishing,
1997. Vivid color photographs detail foods, clothing, traditions,
and the words of children bring children's festivals worldwide
to life. Includes a calendar of celebrations, grades 3-8, $17.95.
- Krasno, Rena. Kneeling
Caribou and Dancing Giants: Celebrating Filipino Festivals.
Pacific View, 1997. From Christmas to Ramadan, the incredibly
diverse cultural groups of the Phillippines have many celebrations,
grades 4-12, $19.95.*
- Lindahl, Carl, Maida Owens,
and C. Renée Harvison, eds. Swapping Stories: Folktales
from Louisiana. University
Press of Mississippi and Louisiana Division of the Arts,
1997. Order hardbacks from the Press, 3825 Ridgewood Rd., Jackson, MS 39211,
800/737-7788, $45 hardback, add $5 for shipping
and handling for first book and $0.75 for each additional book.Order paperbacks from bookstores.
- Luenn, Nancy. Celebrations
of Light: A Year of Holidays Around the Year. Atheneum, 1998.
Bold illustrations and short explanations of a celebration of
light for each month, grades 4-8, $14.
- Maestro, Betsy. The Story of Clocks and Calendars: Marking a Millennium.
Lothrop/Harper Collins, 2000. Describes clocks and calendars of many cultures and times. Grades 4-8, $16.
- McKissick Museum. Jubilation!
African American Celebration in the Southeast: An Educator's
Guide. University of South Carolina, 53 pp., 1993. Published
for an exhibit, this guide can stand alone and includes lesson
plans, photos, and lists of resources. Available from the museum,
USC, Columbia, SC 29208, 803/777-7251, $10.
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National Council for Social Studies. Order
annotated bibliographies of many culturally diverse teacher resources
for each of the ten themes of the NCSS Curriculum Standards--or
read online, 3501 Newark St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, 202/966-7840.
http://www.ncss.org
- Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Grandfather's
Work: A Traditional Healer in Nigeria. Millbrook, 1998. A
child describes the work of his grandfather, a traditional healer
in a present-day Nigerian village, grades K-4, $19.90.
- Palkovich, Ann. "Exploring
Historic Cemeteries," AnthroNotes. Vol. 20,
no. 2, Winter 1998, pp. 8-12. Get on the mailing list for this
free educators' journal by contacting the Smithsonian Museum
of Natural History, Anthropology Outreach Office, NHB 363 MRC
112, Washington, DC 20560, or email:kaupp.ann@nmh.si.edu
Issues
online.
- Parker, David L. Stolen
Dreams: Portraits of Working Children. Lerner, 1997. The
plight of child laborers in developing countries is documented
in this moving text. Superb black and white photographs of each
child accompany the text, grades 8-12, $19.95
- Perlstein, Susan and Jeff
Bliss. Generating Community. Elders Share the Arts, 1994.
This New York City organization has linked elders and young people
for many years through the arts and folklife. This 64-page teacher
resource for all grades shares methods, plans, presentations,
and more, $15; video also available, $25.*
- Pitre, Glen, director, Good for What Ails
You. Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1998. A 60-minute
video available from LPB 7733 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810,
800/973-7246, $24.95. Explore the film's online
study guide.
- Santino, Jack. All Around
the Year: Holidays and Celebrations in American Life. University
of Illinois Press, 1994. Good teacher resource that older students
can use for research on old and new holidays, including several
Louisiana celebrations, $19.95.*
- Santino, Jack. New Old-Fashioned
Ways: Holidays and Popular Culture. University of Tennessee
Press, 1996. A teacher resource examining the many ways popular
commercial culture influences traditional holidays.
- Sexton, Rocky. "A Kinder,
Gentler St. Nicholas: Transformation and Meaning in a 'Louisiana
German' Tradition." Southern Folklore. Vol. 56, no.
2, 1999, pp. 149-160. An article for teachers and older students
on Louisiana German traditions in Robert's Cove.
- Slovenz, Madeline, et al.
Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's New Year. Scholastic reprint,
1991. Vivid color photos follow a boy through a New York City
Chinese New Year celebration, K-5, $3.95.*
- Wesley, Valerie. Freedom's
Gifts: A Juneteenth Story. Simon and Schuster, 1997. The
African American tradition celebrating Juneteenth is the setting
for this tale of renewed understanding of the joy of freedom
when a Northern girl visits her Southern family, grades K-4,
$16.
- Westridge Young Writers Workshop.
Kids Explore America's African American Heritage. John
Muir Publications, reprint 1996. Kids write for other kids about
celebrations, foods, folktales, music, history, and more, grades
4-9, $9.95.*
- Wiggins, William. O Freedom:
Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations. University of Tennessee
Press, 1987. A scholarly collection that explores Juneteenth
and other emancipation traditions.
- Wilkinson, Philip. A Celebration
of Customs and Rituals of the World. Facts on File, 1996.
A vast array of historical and contemporary celebrations and
life cycle events from every corner written for young adults
with a voice that avoids ethnocentrism, $40.
- Wilson, Charles, et al. The
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. UNC Press, 1989. This large,
accessible volume covers hundreds of topics, useful for older
students and teachers, available in many public libraries, 1,656
pages, $69.95.
- Woods, Michael and Mary B. Ancient
Medicine: From Sorcery to Surgery. Runestone/Lerner, 2000. Background on
medical practices from the Stone Age to Ancient Rome. Grades 5-8, $26.
- Zeitlin, Steve, et al. A
Celebration of American Family Folklore. Pantheon Books,
1982. A full selection of family stories, customs, and photos
for K-12 teachers to help students start family writing, oral
history, and folklife projects, $11.
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