______________________________________________________________________ Suggested Reading List Prepared by Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne April 11, 2007 1. Rising Tide, by John Barry 2. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole, 3. Huey Long, by T. Harry Williams 4. Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard White 5. The Earl of Louisiana by. A.J. Leibling 6. Bayou Farewell, by Mike Tidwell 7. Anything, by James Lee Burke 8. Inside the Carnival, by Wayne Parent 9. All the Kings Men, by Robert Penn Warren 10. The Last Hayride, John Maginnis 11. A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines ______________________________________________________________________ Teachers Institute 2008 Teachers Institute 2008 ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Bicentennial Teachers Institute Lesson Plans To view the Lesson Plans, download the latest version of Adobe - ReaderHere. I Remember When: Addis and Railroad History Life on the Caboose Math Around the Ferry Port Allen Lock: The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Mapping our Roots (routes): The history of immigration and West Baton Rouge Looking at Sugar Cane Louisiana Parishes: Products and Industries Transportation: Then and Now Two Centuries at Home: Historic Dwellings at the West Baton Rouge Museum Tomb It May Concern: An Interdisciplinary Unit about the St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery, Brusly, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA The Dow Chemical Company: Good Chemistry in the Community Life on the Caboose How the Mississippi River influenced the growth and development of West Baton Rouge Parish Between the Dashes: Headstone Rubbing and West Baton Rouge Church Cemeteries We Love Sugar! :Sugar Production in Louisiana Ferry Landing Lesson Plan Discovery Boxes Lesson Plan ______________________________________________________________________ The Following Lesson Plans have PowerPoint Presentations with them How can I get across the Mississippi River? A lesson about ferry boats as a major way of transportation. PowerPoint: Crossing the Mighty Mississippi! Traveling Through the Different Transportations of West Baton Rouge PowerPoint: Crossing the Mighty Mississippi! West Baton Rouge Parish Landmarks PowerPoint: Where Am I? Port Allen and West Baton Rouge Parish: A mini history of the town in which we live PowerPoint: Port Allen and West Baton Rouge Parish Teachers from the Bicentennial Teachers Institute visited the Old Ferry Landing as one of the field trips. Speaker Coley Hill is pictured in the center. Entire group of teachers on the last day of the institute, July 10,2007 ______________________________________________________________________ PowerPoint Virtual Tours Port Allen POW Camp Time Travel Blast into the Past Plantation Life Plantation Living Sunup to Sundown ______________________________________________________________________ Grandmother Marguerite’s Trunk Grandmother Marguerite’s Trunk is an outreach program that brings Louisiana history to you with a 1-hour interactive program. A museum representative, dressed in accurate period costume, brings a trunk filled with artifacts from the 19th century to your classroom, community center, or retirement home to present one of the four following themes: An 1880’s Farm Family, Daily Life in the Civil War, A New Dress: 1800’s Clothing, or Nineteenth Century Pastimes. This program was inspired by the late Marguerite Genre, one of the founders of the West Baton Rouge Historical Association and West Baton Rouge Museum. She envisioned a traveling educational program utilizing artifacts to recall and commemorate rural family life in south Louisiana. Grandmother Marguerite’s Trunk was developed by the educators at the West Baton Rouge Museum as a curriculum relevant program intended to enhance learning through hands-on activities. The program has reached over 30,000 learners to-date! Shedule a visit from Grandmother Marguerite’s Trunk by calling the West Baton Rouge Museum at (225) 336-2422 ext.14. A program fee of $30, payable by cash or check made out to the West Baton Rouge Museum is required for bookings outside West Baton Rouge Parish. The program is Free to groups and schools within West Baton Rouge Parish. Presentations are designed for 30 or fewer students. (Additional fee assessed for student groups of more than 30).Adult groups may be larger than 30. Vintage dance steps are a lot of fun when taught during our "Blast from the Past" Living History Camp each June! Children's programming at the West Baton Rouge Museum include interactive traditional songs. Sometimes learning old-fashioned games like hoop rolling is as much fun as Yu-Gi-Oh! Teaching the next generation about our unique local traditions is one of the most important aspects of our mission.