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Lesson Plan
Technical Aspects of Downtown Louisiana

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 Power Point Slide Show for the class if computer access for the class can not be given.

Contact Information

Coordinator
coordinator@crt.state.la.us

Downtown Bibliography

Campbell, Cynthia V. "La. Main Street program honors image builders," The [Baton Rouge] Advocate, May 19, 2002.

Condit, Carl. American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.

Duncan, Patricia L. "Appreciating Small Town Commercial Buildings." Preservation In Print, March 1966, pp. 12-13.

Francaviglia, Richard V. Main Street Revisited: Time, Space, and Image Building in Small-Town America. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1996.

Liebs, Chester H. Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985.

Longstreth, Richard. The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1987.

Price, Anne. "Main Street Program brightens towns," The [Baton Rouge] Advocate, June 2, 2002.

Rifkind, Carole. A Field Guide to American Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1980.

Rifkind, Carole. Main Street: The Face of Urban America. New York: Harper and Row, 1977.

Schlereth, Thomas J. Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.

Urdang, Laurence, Editor. The Timetables of American History. New York: Touchstone Books (Simon & Schuster, Inc.), 1981.

Weitzman, David L. My Backyard History Book. Boston: Little Brown, c. 1975.