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 Acknowledgements and Credits
This guide
is the result of a multi-year collaboration coordinated by the Louisiana
Division of the Arts Folklife Program. Partners over the years included the Department of Education
Center for Educational Technology, the Louisiana Alliance
for Arts Education, Louisiana Public
Broadcasting, Louisiana Challenge, Louisiana State Museum,
University of Louisiana at Louisiana, and Local Learning: the National Network for Folk Arts in Education.
Many people
have participated in this project. Maida Owens, director of the
Folklife Program, spearheaded the effort, gathered folklife resources,
and oversaw the project. Dr. Carol Whelan and Sheila Talamo, then with the Louisiana Center for Education Technology, provided guidance and the link to the Louisiana Educational Technology Community.
Echo Olander and Nalini Raghavan have served as project coordinator and kept us on track.
Paddy Bowman, Director of Local Learning: National Network for Folk
Arts in Education, served as project consultant and lead writer/editor
of the study units. Sylvia Bienvenu, Ed.S., Curriculum Specialist for the Louisiana Challenge Project and
Evaluator for the Louisiana Center of Educational Technology, developed student
worksheets and assessments and aligned lesson plans to the Louisiana Content Standards. Jocelyn Donlon was the lead writer for some units and Melanie Boulet and Jane Vidrine contributed sections.
Donna Onebane served as the first Education Coordinator and then Jane Vidrine.
Eileen Engel developed Hurricane Resources and Opportunities for K-12 Educators and Louisiana's
Many Food Traditions Unit Activity and provided professional development workshops based on them.
Funding was
provided by the Louisiana Division
of the Arts
and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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