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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Cajun Folktales

For Teachers 3rd
Through the study of trickster tales from various cultures, including the classic Cajun character Lapin the Rabbit, 3rd graders learn how storytelling can be entertaining as well as educational. Students build an understanding of...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 1: Using Maps

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they explore and create maps using map keys, and map symbols. Students engage with the sources to build their map skills.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 8: Specialization in Louisiana's Economy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the causes and consequences of specialization in Louisiana's economy.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 8: Impact of Citizens

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the causes and consequences of environmental issues in Louisiana, and how we as citizens can affect our government.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 7 Social Studies: Reconstruction 1690

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which compare and contrast the different approaches to Reconstruction and explain the impact Reconstruction had on different regions within the South.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: French and Indian War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the various factors that caused the French and Indian War.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Peace Treaty of Massasoit

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the causes and consequences of historical events as they explore the relationships between early colonists and Native Americans.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 2: Festivals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing that explain why Louisiana cultural events are significant.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 2: Elections

For Teachers 2nd
In this instructional task, 2nd graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which explain the election process and the role a citizen plays in elections.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 2: Producers and Consumers

For Teachers 2nd
In this instructional task, 2nd graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they explain how a person can be both a producer and consumer.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 1: Needs and Wants

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they explore economy. Students engage with the sources to build their understanding of the content to distinguish are needs and wants. Students will also...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 1: Impact on the Environment

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop and express claims through discussions and writing which explain how people use and impact the environment.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade K: Needs and Wants

For Teachers K
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they identify and provide examples of elements of an economic system, with an emphasis on wants and needs. Students engage with the sources to build their...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade K: American Flag

For Teachers K
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they identify and provide examples of American symbols, with an emphasis on the American Flag and the connection to Flag Day. Students engage with the sources...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: West African Kingdoms

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the impact of relationships between ideas, people, and events across time and place. To accomplish this, they recognize recurring themes and patterns in...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Decline of Feudalism

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which describe the changes that led to the decline of feudalism in Medieval Europe. To accomplish this, they recognize recurring themes and patterns in history. Students...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 7 Social Studies: Immigration

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the causes and consequences of historical events related to patterns of migration, immigration, and land use that influenced the cultural development of...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 7 Social Studies: Slavery Compromise

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which compare and contrast how the early compromises over slavery, including their effectiveness and impact on different regions of the United States.
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Crayola

Crayola: Birth of Islands (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is a lesson plan that incorporates language arts, social studies, science, and art. After studying islands, and how they're formed, students create their own models using clay. Also provides resources and adaptations. (To...
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Crayola

Crayola: Hides That Reveal (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A fun lesson plan for a class studying Native American culture. Students create their own tepees, or animal hides with designs and symbols representing their own personality. Also contains adaptations and resources. (To access this...
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Other

Memorial Hall Online Museum: In the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the Memorial Hall Museum provides curricula, information and activities for teachers teaching social studies.
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Crayola

Crayola: Birth of Bits and Bytes (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan incorporates many subjects! Students create a flow chart after studying the "Evolution," of computers. Also provides adaptations and references to use. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Walmart Middle School Litercy Initiative

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Interactive, student-paced lessons on such literacy skills as categorizing, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, evaluating, determining cause and effect, using text features, connecting, inferring, sequencing, understanding problems...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...

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