Students will identify the chronology
of the Acadians
Students will map the movements
of the Acadians and their settlement in Louisiana
Students will define characteristics
of Acadian cottages and explain the similarities between Creole
and Acadian Cottages
Students will create a drawing
(or written description) of an Acadian cottage
Materials
Paper
Pencils and Rulers
Computer and TV Monitor or
Overhead Projector
Background Information
Detailed background
EZ Content Blueprint
Lesson Procedures
First have students write for
5 minutes on the following topic:
Write about your dream house.
What does it look like? How many rooms does it have?
Where would you build it? Who lives there with you?
Draw it if you like but describe your drawing in words, too.
Go through the PowerPoint
presentation on the timeline of Acadian Events. Have students
take notes on the chronology of events. At the same time
give students the map to use with Activity 1.
Review with students the
characteristics of Creole architecture from the Creole Heritage
Unit. Use the Acadian
Cottages reproducible sheet for students to identify how
the Acadians borrowed from the Creoles and how the Acadian cottages
are different.
Well developed dream cottage
for Evangeline and Gabriel
Since this is a short lesson
and neither teachers nor students are held accountable for this
detailed topic, assessment is based on teacher preference.
