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Lesson Plan
Technical Aspects of Upland South Architecture:
Pioneer Settlement and the Log Cabin

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 cannot be obtained.
 
Contact Information
Pioneer Settlement Bibliography

Adams, Floyd, III. “The Upland South Cultural Tradition.” Preservation In Print, November 1987, pp. 8-11.

Bealer, Alex W. The Log Cabin: Homes of the North American Wilderness. Barre, MA: Barre Publishing, 1978.

Caney, Steven. Kid's America. New York: Workman Publishing, 1978.

Child, Mrs. L. Maria. The Girls Own Book. New York: Clark Austin & Co., 1834.

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.

Fricker, Jonathan. “ Louisiana’s Log Buildings.” Preservation In Print, December 1992, pp. 18-19.

Kniffen, Fred B. “Louisiana House Types.” Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, XXVI, 4, December 1936, 179-193.

Jordan, Terry G. American Log Buildings: An Old World Heritage. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.

Jordan, Terry G. Texas Log Buildings: A Folk Architecture. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978.

Kalman, Bobbie. Pioneer Projects. New York: Crabtree Publishing Co., 1997.

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

Louisiana National Register Staff. “The King House.”

Louisiana National Register Staff. “The King Barn.”

Louisiana National Register Staff. “The Pigott House.”

McCrum, Robert, Cran, William and MacNiel, Robert. The Story of English. New York: Viking Penguin, Inc., 1986, pp. 152-161.

Owsley, Frank. Plain Folk of the Old South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1949.

Pioneer Heritage Center, Louisiana University in Shreveport, Teacher's Guide, Lesson Plans.

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

Reader's Digest. Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills. Second Edition, Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1981.

Stenson, Elizabeth. Early Settler Activity Guide. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 1983.

Weitzman, David. My Backyard History Book. Canada: Little Brown and Co., 1975.