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December 12, 2012 at 9:56 pm
bethanna
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I’m looking for state history resources that would be CM friendly. Either general “state study” type or specific to Louisiana. Also, is LA mentioned in Minn of the Mississippi by Holling?
December 12, 2012 at 11:49 pm
nerakr
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What ages/grades are you interested in? P is for Pelican by Anita Prieto is good for lower grades (up to about grade 4). You may also want to browse the Pelican Press site. It’s Louisiana based. http://www.pelicanpub.com
Then there’s Louisiana Alphabet by Laurie Parker, Deep in the Swamp by Donna Bateman, and Cajun versions of various fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood.
HTH. We just finished a year and a half book journey through the 50 states, but he’s in third grade.
Karen

December 13, 2012 at 5:08 am
bethanna
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All ages I suppose. We have some of the books you mentioned at our library. The cajun version of Little Red Riding Hood is really difficult to read aloud, but then I’m really from Georgia mountain country. 🙂 Actually, I’m just trying to plan ahead a bit. LA requires state history in (I think) 4th and 8th grades. I was wanting to find history and geography resources that are somewhat CM compatible. Most things I’ve seen in the past are just worksheets. I’ve thought about lapbooks/notebooking, but didn’t want to “reinvent the wheel” if there’s already a good resource out there. And we will probably touch on our state whenever appropriate, not in those two grades only. I’m planning to do the BFB geography study next year and wondered if Minn of the Mississippi has much about LA specifically. Your book tour through all 50 states sounds interesting. Did you put it together yourself?
December 13, 2012 at 11:52 am
nerakr
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Yes, I did. If you want, I can email you the list or provide you the link to my hslaunch file. And public schools in my state (Mississippi) also cover state history in 4th and either 8th or 9th, and although I’m not required to follow their schedule, I intend to.
The book series that includes P is for Pelican can be used for 4th grade. The publisher includes study guides for each book, but they’re not exactly CM, more school-ish.
Most of the lapbook providers have state study materials. A Journey through Learning just completed theirs. There are plenty of notebooking sources, too. I can’t remember any of the free ones right now, but I’m sure a google search will give you plenty of blank outline maps and coloring pages for the state bird, tree, flower, etc.
I know what you mean about reading Cajun stuff. Although I’m nowhere close to being Cajun and I’m from Northeast MS (all the way across the state), I can read Cajun Night Before Christmas, but I can’t read Uncle Remus in the original.
I don’t know anything about Minn of the Mississippi.
December 13, 2012 at 3:45 pm
sheraz
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I don’t know how indepth this goes, but it looks like fun and already has a bunch of things gathered together – coloring sheets, lapbooks, games, activities, and more. It is for a state study of all the states, but Louisiana is in there. 😉 If it is not strictly CM, it doesn’t look all that hard to add more books or whatever for additional history.
http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/u-s-geography
You could easily add in these things to extend the study:
http://www.sos.la.gov/Portals/0/museums/pdf/HHT/hht_passort_web.pdf – a Trip Around the State to all the museums – has history
http://louisiana.gov/Explore/About_Louisiana/ – has a timeline of the history of the state you could use as you looked at musuems or history
Here’s list of books that I found with a quick google search:
http://www.louisiana101.com/books.html
If you can, visit your state capitol and take a tour. In our state, if you contact your representatives, their staff will take you on a private tour of the capitol in places that the general public is not allowed. We learned so much more this way, and it was free, fun, and interesting.