Lesson Plan
Technical Aspects of the Age of Mechanization

 

Technology Guidelines

Technology Communication Tools

Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts and other audiences.

Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate and present information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Technology Productivity Tools

Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.

Students use productivity tools to work collaboratively in developing technology-rich, authentic, student-centered products.

Technology Performance Indicators

Use context-specific tools, software, and simulations to support learning and research.
Apply productivity/multimedia tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, group collaboration, and learning throughout the curriculum.
Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.

Hardware

Computer terminals
Internet Access

Software

If necessary, use Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show for the class if computer access for the class cannot be obtained.

Contact Information

Coordinator
coordinator@crt.state.la.us

Age of Mechanization Bibliography

Adams, Lloyd, III., "An Industry Is Born." Preservation In Print, July 1987, pp. 5-6.

Adams, Lloyd, III., "Bogalusa—A Lumber Company Town." Preservation In Print, June 1988, pp. 13-14.

Adams, Lloyd III., "The Rice Boom In Southwestern Louisiana." Preservation In Print, December 1987, pp. 8-10.

Davis, Edwin A. Louisiana--A Narrative History. Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division, 1971.

Davis, Edwin A. Louisiana--The Pelican State. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976.

Duncan, Patricia, "New Orleans: Port of Distinction." Preservation In Print, February 1989, pp. 5-6.

Duncan, Patricia L. "Garyville Historic District." Preservation In Print, June 1990, p. 5.

Duncan, Patricia L. "Jennings Properties Added to National Register." Preservation In Print, June 1993, p. 5.

Duncan, Patricia L., "Railroad Opens Up Western Louisiana . . . Thanks to Dutch Financing." Preservation In Print, June 2000, pp. 18-19.

Fricker, Donna, "Architecture of the Automobile Age." Preservation In Print, November 1989, pp. 7-9.

Fricker, Donna, "Jennings: Land of Sunshine and Flowers." Preservation In Print, December 1989, pp. 12-14.

Fricker, Donna, "Lake Charles Historic District Listed on National Register." Preservation In Print, May 1990, p. 6.

Fricker, Donna, "Louisiana's Great Railroad Age: 1880-1910." Preservation In Print, June, 1989, pp. 12-13.

Fricker, Donna, "The Sawmill Town of Fisher." Preservation In Print, May 1989, pp. 16-18.

Fricker, Donna and Jonathan, "The Lake Charles Lumber Boom." Preservation In Print, June 1991, p. 10-12.

Fricker, Jonathan, "Early Motels: Our Heritage of 'Automobility.'" Preservation In Print, November 1996, pp. 10-11.

Fricker, Jonathan, "Louisiana's Great Steamboat Era." Preservation In Print, December 1990, pp. 14-16.

Fricker, Jonathan, "Seminal Preservation Event in Central Louisiana: Lumber Industry Museum Opens May 1." Preservation In Print, May 1996, p. 5.

Fricker, Jonathan, "The Steamboat Town of Washington." Preservation In Print, April 1994, pp. 18-19.

Fricker, Jonathan. "When Filling Stations Had Style." Preservation In Print, April 1996; pp. 8-9.

Kniffen, Fred B. Louisiana--Its Land and People. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974.

Poesch, Jessie and Bacot, Barbara SoRelle. Louisiana Buildings 1720-1940: The Historic American Buildings Survey. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.

Tudor, Phoebe, "Historic Transportation Systems—Getting Around in Louisiana." Preservation In Print, June, 1987, pp. 4-5.

Tudor, Phoebe, "When Lumber Was King." Preservation In Print, April 1987, pp. 8-10.

Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. New York: Oxford University Press, c. 1996.

 

 


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