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Letter From a Folklorist

For Students 7th - 8th
In this letter from a folklorist worksheet, students read a letter from a folklorist to discover more about this career. The letter describes the importance of this field and aspects of the job.
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Creating an Exhibit - Group Checklist

For Students 7th - 8th
In this creating an exhibit group checklist worksheet, students pretend they are a team of museum curators who must collaborate to create exhibits that are arranged by folk themes.
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Things I've Learned About Folklife

For Students 7th - 8th
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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Creating an Exhibit Checklist

For Students 8th - 9th
In this folk genre exhibit checklist worksheet, students and teacher evaluate student work on a folk genre exhibit. Students pretend they are museum curators in this process.
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Word Quilt Template

For Students 7th - 8th
For this word quilt template worksheet, students use the image of a word quilt to help them define terms relating to folk genres in a creative way. This template is to be used in conjunction with the Word Quilt Worksheet.
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Voices of Louisiana Worksheet

For Students 7th - 8th
In this voices of Louisiana worksheet, students choose at least three quotations from the Voices of Louisiana webpage and look for clues about each person's folk groups and the genres they mention; for example, oral tradition, folk...