A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Louisiana Division of the Arts
PO Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804 225/342-8180

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Louisiana Voices : An Educator's Guide to Exploring our Communities and Traditions
by Paddy Bowman, Sylvia Bienvenu, Maida Owens and others
loose leaf guide or CD-ROM, available online, first made available in 1999,
Subjects: History; Geography; Documentation and Field Research; Folk Arts and Material Culture; Music; Ritual and Ceremony; Occupational Culture;
Locations: Louisiana;

http://www.louisianavoices.org/edu_home.html

This comprehensive online guide links to dozens of essays on Lousiana folklore, slide shows, video and audio clips, and hundreds of resources. Although written for Louisiana teachers and students, lessons are in the public domain and are easily adaptable to any region of the world. Winner of the 2000 Dorothy Howard Prize of the American Folklore Society Folklore and Education Section. This frequently updated website is also available on CD-ROM or printed for a binder. Lessons are written for 4th and 8th grade, but adaptable to other grade levels. Includes student worksheets and rubrics. Louisiana Voices emphasizes community-based learning

Published by:
Louisiana Division of the Arts
PO Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
225/342-8180