Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXXI - Bulletin 1964-Louisiana Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations for Social Studies
Chapter 5 - Grade 1-Life in the Great State of Louisiana
Section CXXI-503 - History

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXXI-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Create a chronological sequence of events using appropriate vocabulary.

B. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources. Examples include:

1. primary sources to include letters, diaries, autobiographies, speeches, and interviews; and

2. secondary sources to include magazine articles, textbooks, encyclopedia entries, and biographies.

C. Select and use appropriate evidence from primary and secondary sources to support claims.

D. Construct and express claims that are supported with relevant evidence from primary and/or secondary sources, content knowledge, and clear reasoning.

E. Compare life in Louisiana in the past to life today.

F. Describe how past events can affect the present.

G. Compare the lives of Louisianans today in urban, suburban, and rural parishes.

H. Identify examples of Louisiana's culture, including:

1. state and nationally designated holidays: New Year's Day, the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inauguration Day, Washington's Birthday, Mardi Gras, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day;

2. music: Cajun, jazz, and zydeco;

3. languages: French, Spanish, Native American languages, for example, Atakpan, Caddo, and Choctaw

4. architecture: St. Louis Cathedral, The Cabildo, State Capitol, Louisiana Superdome, Strand Theater, Sports Hall of Fame, and the World War Two Museum;

5. traditions: lagniappe, second line parades, king cake, and red beans and rice on Mondays;

6. cuisine: jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, bread pudding, meat pies, and tamales;

7. symbols: Louisiana State flag, brown pelican, magnolia tree, and the brown bear.

I. Identify cultural groups that influenced Louisiana, including Acadians, Africans, Canary Islanders, French, Germans, Haitians, Native Americans, Asian Americans, French, and Spanish.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6, R.S. 17:24.4, and R.S. 17:154.

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