Unit IV The State of Our Lives: Being a Louisiana
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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.
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| Rodeos |
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| Bonfires on the levee |
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| Crawfish net |
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| Picking peaches |
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Red beans and rice |
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| Bluegrass or old-time music |
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| Easter Rock |
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| Zydeco |
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| Pit barbeque |
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Blues |
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| Hunting with a Catahoula hound dog |
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| Shrimp boat |
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| Pressing sugar cane |
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| Rockabilly |
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Chitimacha rivercane weaving |
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| Tamales |
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| Lake or river baptism |
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| Brass band |
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| Stock show |
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| Compère Lapin stories |
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Décimas |
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| Bonnie and Clyde legends |
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| Handfishing |
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| Choctaw ribbon shirts |
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| Houma baskets |
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| St. Joseph's Day altars |
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| Stories of working on oil rigs |
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| "Louisiana Hayride" |
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| Protestant church homecoming and dinner on the grounds |
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| Easter egg knocking |
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| Stories of crop dusting |
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| Coushatta ceremonial mask |
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| Saddle making |
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