Lesson Plan:
Louisiana Framework for Downtown Louisiana:
The Central Business District

Louisiana Framework

Foundation Skills: Resource Access and Utilization: The process of identifying, locating, selecting, and using resource tools to help in analyzing, synthesizing, and communicating information. The identification and employment of appropriate tools, techniques, and technologies are essential to all learning processes. These resource tools include pen, pencil, and paper; audio/video materials; word processors; computers; interactive devices; telecommunication; and other emerging technologies.

Strands and Content Standards: History: Time, Continuity, and Change: Students develop a sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study the history of their community, state, nation, and world. 

Benchmarks

G-1B-M1 explaining and analyzing both the physical and human phenomena associated with specific places, including precipitation and settlement patterns

G-1C-M6 comparing historical and contemporary patterns of economic interdependence

G-1D-M2 explaining and giving examples of how characteristics of different physical environments affect human activities

G-1D-M4 identifying problems that relate to contemporary geographic issues and researching possible solutions

E-1A-M9 using economic concepts to help explain historic and contemporary events and developments

E-1B-M7 describing historical and economic factors that have contributed to the development and growth of the national, state, and local economies

H-1A-M2 demonstrating historical perspective through the political, social, and economic context in which an event or idea occurred

H-1B-M15 describing the significant economic, political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred in the United States during the 20th century

H-1B-M18 discussing significant developments and issues in contemporary United States history

H-1D-M4 locating and describing Louisiana’s geographic features and examining their impact on people past and present

H-1D-M5 tracing the development and growth of Louisiana’s economy throughout history

Louisiana Content Standards Website

Technology Strategies

Technology Guidelines
Technology Performance Indicators

Interdisciplinary Connections

English Language Arts
Art

 

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