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Students discuss what they know about Hurricane Katrina and the city of New Orleans. In groups, they use they match the new vocabulary words to their definitions. They read an article about Hurricane Katrina and answer questions.
High schoolers read U.S. News & World Report article that discusses safely and effectively rebuilding New Orleans and restoring Big Easy's distinctive character. They investigate history of this remarkable cultural capital and develop advertising campaign that attempts to evoke the city's ethnic and cultural diversity.
Learners use a map to locate New Orleans and watch a video on the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. As a class, they watch a demonstration on how a wetland can reduce the impact of a hurricane. In groups, they perform their own experiment and compare and contrast the amount of meshed materials and hypothesis about how land can be protected by wetlands.
Students listen to "The Hunters of Kentucky" and analyze the lyrics. In this War of 1812 lesson, students analyze the song lyrics to understand the historical context of the Battle of New Orleans. Students discuss responses and complete a graphic organizer.
Students listen to selections of New Orleans street band music. They explore the culture of New Orleans in the 1920's, and perform a closer examination of Armstrong's music.
Students explore the use of martial law at the Battle of New Orleans. In this Andrew Jackson lesson, students analyze primary documents pertaining to the move by Jackson to use martial law in the battle. Students then consider situations where martial law might be suspended today.
Students explore, analyze and discuss statistics regarding the conditions in New Orleans since the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. They predict the rate of rebuilding and research and compare statistics about their own community with those of New Orleans.
Learners study early New Orleans Jazz music and recognize Louis Armstrong as an early jazz artist. They recognize the elements and roots of Jazz.
Students watch two episodes of Buster on PBS. They visit Mexico, and examine it geographic location and language. They sing a Spanish song. In the second episode, they visit New Orleans to view its culture as Buster role plays as a private eye.
Students observe the PBS film, "New Orleans," to explore such topics as race relations, cultural history, and urbanization. After examining n interactive map displaying the city at various dates in its history, students role-play as visitors to the city and write letters to family members in their preselected states or countries. The lesson, which also covers such topics as civics, history, and geography of the city, conclues with a student discussion