Department of Language and Communication

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

2003 LEH Teacher Institute for Advanced Study

“The Purchase and Beyond: Louisiana’s Literature and Culture in the Secondary School Humanities Classroom”

The participants in the 2003 Teacher Institute for Advanced Study assembled from throughout Northern and Central Louisiana. The academic disciplines that they represented included English, Reading, Social Studies, and Fine Arts, and although most are currently teaching in secondary schools throughout the state, several elementary education professionals joined us as well. Teachers of gifted-talented students also participated in the Institute.

As part of their participation in the 2003 LEH Teacher Institute, participants created Unit Plans in which they put the writings of Louisiana authors “to work” in their classrooms. Their Unit Plans appear below in the hope that their work might be of use to others teaching throughout the state. Many of these Unit Plans are interdisciplinary, and each one is correlated to the Benchmarks and Content Standards approved by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Each Unit Plan is identified with the following information:

title
name(s) of the author(s) who created the plan
disciplines addressed by each Unit Plan
grade level(s) for which it is appropriate
an email link to the creator(s) in case you would like to discuss their Unit Plan or ask questions about the ways in which they have used/will use their Plan in class, when available

We hope that you will find the Unit Plans included here useful and we invite your comments on the Plans or on the site in general. For further information, please contact the Institute Director, Dr. Lisa Abney.

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Helpful Web Sites for Teachers

Title	Author’s Name(s) and email	Discipline(s)	Grade Level(s)
Louisiana Writers	Kim Butler, First Assembly Christian Academy Helen Schicketanz, The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts	English, Reading, Science, Math, History	5 & 12 – includes a cross-level mentoring component
A Cultural Pilgrimage of Louisiana: A Technology-based Lesson Play - Venn Diagram	Elaina G. Rigg, Winnfield Middle Sch.	Art, Music, Social Studies, English/ Reading, Math	6-8
A Lesson for All	Courtland French Leesville HS Kathleen Cole Leesville HS	English/ American literature	11
15-Day Kate Chopin Unit	Tricia Ceballos Tammy Cecil	American literature, history	9-12
Ernest Gaines (WordPerfect)	Oona Zbitkovskis Lesa Thompson Natchitoches Central HS	English	9 (8.5)
Life in Louisiana: History and Literature in 1803 (Images)	Chris Evans NSU Elementary Lab Susan Smith NSU Middle Lab Angela Watkins C. E Byrd, S’port	Social Studies, Language Arts	4/5, 8, 11
At Fault: Kate Chopin	Stephen C. Norwood Natchitoches JHS	English	8
Lessons Learned from A Lesson Before Dying	Cathy S. Carroll Airline HS Lori Ross Airline HS	English/ American literature	9-11
Prejudice: How it is Portrayed in Louisiana Literature	Marilyn C. Henke Pleasant Hill HS Melanie LaFleur Many HS	American literature	8-9
Strong Women in Difficult Circumstances (The story of an hour) (Everyday Use)	Bob Lane, M.Ed. Lakeview HS	American literature	8-9
Arna Bontempts - God Sends Sunday	Deidra Shores Darrell Wiley Pineville HS		9-12