Activity 5: Political, Social, or Economic Contexts (GLEs: 64, 76, 77)
CC: Ask pairs of students to prepare and role-play a dialogue between a Louisiana Indian or settler of the historic period and a person of today. Some possible pairings include: (a) an Indian hunter and a game warden of today, (b) an Indian chief and a Louisiana mayor, (c) a working mother today and an Indian mother, (d) a child of today and an Indian child, (e) a leader/explorer of early settlements and a state representative today (governor, senator, etc.). During the course of these dialogues, students compare and contrast specific events and ideas from the past and present explaining, in character, political, social, or economic contexts.
Key concepts that are possible topics of dialogue would include migration of European settlers on Indian land, wars (Natchez, Chickasaw), government (Natchez class system, French Superior Council, Spanish Cabildo), and transfer of Louisiana (treaties).
Use MS Word to type event note for their role-play dialogue.
Web Resources: The Louisiana State Museum (The Cabildo) contains several sections dedicated to our state's history: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/index.htm (as of 10/08/05 site still down due to hurricane Katrina) Louisiana Timeline at: http://www.enlou.com/time/timelineindex.htm
CC: Extended Activity: Provide students with a basic graphic organizer listing the colonial governments' Superior Council and Cabildo with an additional category for Louisiana's contemporary government. Have students compare and contrast the major differences and similarities between the three forms of government.
Use MS Word chart for governmental comparison.
Web Resources: Today's Louisiana government information: http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/.cmd/cs/.ce/155/.s/1123
Louisiana state site for students http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/.cmd/cs/.ce/155/.s/1118/_s.155/1088/_me/1117/
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