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Research

the folklore and culture of children and students:
Unit III Lesson I The Child: Games and Play Today and Yesterday in Louisiana

their school's traditions
Unit III Lesson 2 The School -- School Culture Across Louisiana

their family and home
Unit III Lesson 3 The Family -- Louisiana Family Folklore
Unit V Lesson 3 Folk and Family Heroes and Heroines
Unit V Lesson 7 Personal Experience Narratives
Unit VII Lesson 4 Family Foodways
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Home Work

generational differences
Unit III Lesson 3 Louisiana Family Folklore
Unit VI Lesson 3 Generational Music
Unit VII Lesson 3 Grown Ups at Play
Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 3 Elders' Ways

their community and town as a place-based project
Unit IV The State of Our Lives - Being A Louisiana Neighbor

Louisiana's regional differences
Unit V Lesson 2 Language and Dialect
Unit VI Lesson 1 Music Around the State: Sound and Place
Unit VII Lesson 5 Louisiana's Regional Foodways
Unit VII Lesson 6 Louisiana Crafts and Domestic Arts
Unit IX Part I Lesson 3 Folklife Around the Year and Around the State

 

Learn about

quilts
Unit VIII Lesson 3 Grown-ups at Play

work
Unit VIII Lesson 1 On the Job

holidays
Unit IX The Seasonal Round and The Cycle of Life

rites of passage
Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 2 Rites of Passage

crafts
Unit IV Lesson 2 Geography, Ecology, and Folklife
Unit VII Lesson 6 Louisiana Crafts and Domestic Arts
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Home Work

food
Unit VII Lesson 3 Introducing Louisiana Foodways
Unit VII Lesson 4 Family Foodway
Unit VII Lesson 5 Louisiana Regional Foodways

music
Unit VI Lesson 1 Music Around the State: Sound and Place
Unit VI Lesson 2 Listening Logs
Unit VI Lesson 3 Generational Music Communities
Unit VI Lesson 5 Music Is Business
Unit VI Lesson 6 Louisiana's Legendary Musicians

dance
Unit VI Lesson 4 Moving to Music

tales and legends
Unit V Lesson 1 Introduction to Traditional Oral Narratives
Unit V Lesson 3 Folk and Family Heroes and Heroines
Unit V Lesson 4 Tall Tales and Urban Legends
Unit V Lesson 5 First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans
Unit V Lesson 6 Historical Legends
Unit V Lesson 7 Personal Experience Narratives

careers
Unit VI Lesson 5 Music Is Business

Isleños
Unit V Lesson 6 Historical Legends

Native Americans
Unit V Lesson 5 First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Home Work

gender roles and division of labor
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Home Work

tourism in Louisiana
Unit VIII Lesson 3 Grown-ups at Play

 

Work with

objects
Unit VII Lesson 1 Reading Artifacts Unit VII Lesson 2 Teaching and Learning Through Objects Unit VII Lesson 6 Louisiana Crafts and Domestic Arts

photographs
Unit III Lesson 3 Activity 2 Family Pictures

music
Unit VI Lesson 1 Music Around the State: Sound and Place
Unit VI Lesson 2 Listening Logs
Unit VI Lesson 3 Generational Music Communities
Unit VI Lesson 5 Music Is Business
Unit VI Lesson 6 Louisiana's Legendary Musicians

video clips
Unit V Oral Traditions: Swapping Stories Unit VI Louisiana's Musical Landscape Unit VI Lesson 4 Moving to Music

maps and mapping
Unit IV Lesson 1 Louisiana's Major Folk Regions Unit IV Lesson 2 Geography, Ecology, and Folklife Unit IV Lesson 3 Sense of Place

stories
Unit III Lesson 2 The School: School Culture Across Louisiana Unit III Lesson 3 Activity 2 Family Pictures Unit V Oral Traditions: Swapping Stories Unit VIII Lesson 1 On the Job Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 1 Birth and Early Childhood Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 3 Elders' Ways

point of view
Unit V Lesson 5 First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans

graveyards/cemeteries
Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 3 Elders' Ways

festivals
Unit IX Part 1 Lesson 3 Folklife Around the Year and Around the State

poetry
Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 1 Birth and Early Childhood

dialects or languages other than English

Unit V Lesson 2 Language and Dialect Unit V Lesson 5 First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans (Koasati Indian) Unit V Lesson 6 Historical Legends (Spanish)

 

Develop skills in

interviewing
Unit II Lesson 1 Getting Positioned for Fieldwork
Unit II Lesson 2 The Practice Interview
Unit II Lesson 3 Interviewing a Community Guest
Unit II Lesson 4 Teams in the Field
Unit III Lesson 2 The School: School Culture Across Louisiana
Unit VII Lesson 4 Family Foodways
Unit VIII Lesson 1 On the Job
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Home Work
Unit IX Part 1 Lesson 2 Constructing Personal Calendars
Unit IX Part 1 Lesson 3 Folklife Around the Year and Around the State

listening
Unit V Lesson 2 Language and Dialect
Unit V Lesson 4 Tall Tales and Urban Legends
Unit VI Lesson 1 Music Around the State: Sound and Place
Unit VI Lesson 2 Listening Logs
Unit VI Lesson 3 Generational Music Communities

letter writing
Unit VI Lesson 5 Music Is Business

mapping
Unit IV Lesson 3 Sense of Place

searching online to do an online scavenger hunt
Unit I Lesson 3 Folk Genres
Unit VI Lesson 4 Moving to Music

digital photography
Unit I Defining Terms
Unit II Lesson 5 Making Use of Fieldwork

producing
an exhibit
Unit III Lesson 2 The School: School Culture Across Louisiana
Unit VII Lesson 1 Reading Artifacts

a portfolio
Unit III Lesson 2 The School: School Culture Across Louisiana
Unit IV Lesson 1 Louisiana's Major Folk Regions
Unit IV Lesson 3 Sense of Place

oral presentation

Unit III Lesson 1 The Child: Games and Play Today and Yesterday In Louisiana
Unit VII Lesson 6 Louisiana Crafts and Domestic Arts

 

Conduct fieldwork
Unit II Lesson 1 Detailed instructions to teach fieldwork and interviewing,
Unit III Lesson 1 Interview an adult family member about the games they played as children and 8th graders interview younger students about the games they play.
Unit III Lesson 2 Interview teacher or parent about school customs or interview local sports heroes.
Unit III Lesson 3 Activity 1 Interview each other and then their parents about their names.
Unit III Lesson 3 Activity 2 Interview each other about a family photo.
Unit IV Lesson 2 Collect stories about floods, storms, and other natural disasters.
Unit IV Lesson 3 Collect place names and research a community space such as a main street or highway.
Unit V Lesson 2 Examine the dialect and slang used by community groups.
Unit V Lesson 3 Interview their local heroes and heroines.
Unit V Lesson 6 Collect community legends.
Unit V Lesson 7 Collect personal experience narratives.
Unit VI Lesson 2 Use listening logs.
Unit VI Lesson 3 Interview each other and adults about the music that they listen to.
Unit VI Lesson 4 Document dancers.
Unit VI Lesson 5 Interview a person in the music business as part of a lesson on careers.
Unit VII Lesson 2 Interview a craftsperson.
Unit VII Lesson 3 Document preparation of a meal and interview a cook, a vegetable stand, or food event.
Unit VII Lesson 4 Record a recipe by interviewing a cook.
Unit VII Lesson 5 Document a food producer or distributor.
Unit VII Lesson 6 Document a craft, craftsperson, quilter, or type of house.
Unit VIII Lesson 1 Document a workspace and an occupation.
Unit VIII Lesson 2 Document a domestic skill or craft.
Unit VIII Lesson 3 Document the ways that adults play such as quilting.
Unit IV Part 1 Lesson 1 Document their personal calendars and birthday traditions.
Unit IV Part 1 Lesson 2 Document community holidays.
Unit IV Part 1 Lesson 3 Document seasonal events.
Unit IV Part 2 Lesson 1 Document their family's rites of passage and the stories about them.
Unit IX Part 2 Lesson 3 Collect healing remedies and document a cemetery.

 

 

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