Louisiana Unit Study - Submitted by Jackie G.
K-up
Library List:
Down
in Louisiana by Johnette Downing and Deborah Kadair
Louisiana
Alphabet by Laurie Parker
My
Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Creole
Houses: Traditional Homes of Old Louisiana by Steve Gross, Sue
Daley, and John H. Lawrence
Louisiana
Purchase (Ready-for-Chapters) by Peter Roop, Connie Roop, and
Sally Wern Comport
The
Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803-1898 by Sanford
Levinson
There's
an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
Time:
Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Changed America by Editors
of Time Magazine
Down
the Crawfish Hole by Wes Thomas
Getting Started:
Locate Louisiana on a blank
US Map
Color the Louisiana
State flag
Learn fun facts about Louisiana, such as:
Louisiana is the only US states without counties; we have parishes,
instead.
Louisiana is the only state in the Union that still uses the Napoleonic
Code.
Louisiana was named for King Louis XIV of France.
Louisiana has had five different state capitals.
Louisiana State Symbols Worksheet
HISTORY:
Study about Lewis & Clark and the Louisiana Purchase.
Discuss the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (both in 2005) on
Louisiana.
GEOGRAPHY:
Find New Orleans on a Louisiana state map.
Learn all the states that were created from the Louisiana Purchase.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
Learn some Cajun French expressions.
VOCABULARY:
bayou
lagniappe
creole
cajun
gumbo
jambalaya
po-boy
zydeco
MATH:
The US bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. The cost
was $15 million. The territory was 828,000 square miles. What was the
cost per square mile?
ACTIVITIES:
Cook a pot
of Gumbo
Cook up a Crock pot of Red
Beans & Rice
Lapbook your lesson!!!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
MrDon.org
Louisiana
Louisiana101.com
History