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Language and Dialect
Practice listening skills while studying oral story tellers from different parts of Louisiana. Consider the regional dialects and insider language of folk groups with your class. Identify language as part of folk life and recognize that...
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Folk Groups
Students study the characteristics of a folk group, themselves and their folk groups, and write about a folk group that is meaningful to them. They identify various folk groups within the school community and discover that everyone,...
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Understanding Folklife and Folklore
Student examine the basic characteristics of folklore. In this folklore lesson, students complete activities to identify two kinds of folk, folk groups, and folklife. Students list daily activities in their home, identify folk groups...
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Folk Groups and Community Folklife
Students explore folk groups and traditions in their local community. In this folklife lesson, students list the folk groups they belong to and its traditions. Students write about their favorite tradition and may complete extension...
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Student Game List Worksheet
In this student game worksheet, learners brainstorm the games they played when they were young. Students also identify the children with whom they played and places they played to bring them to share a memory of childhood.
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Anticipation Guide -- Language and Dialects
In this language and dialects instructional activity, students show that they agree or disagree with each statement by marking agree or disagree and commenting about the statement in the space provided.
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Things I've Learned About Folklife
In this learning about folklife activity, students fill in a chart about the things they learned about folklife, folk groups, and folk genres.
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Crawfish Boil in Breaux Bridge
In this crawfish boil picture worksheet, students analyze an actual photo of folk life in Louisiana that includes boil local creatures for consumption.