LDOE
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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
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
