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Middle School Middle School Louisiana History

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Suggested Prerequisites

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Description

"Louisiana Through Time" is a 12-chapter text that covers the Pelican state’s history from prehistory to present, as well as Louisiana’s geography, economy, and government. The text fully supports Grade 8 GLEs and LEAP Key Concepts for Social Studies. Each chapter includes engaging content written by the state’s top historians and offers stunning images, timelines, maps, graphs, and charts. All chapters start with an Essential Question and end with a primary source activity.

Module One: Louisiana's Geography

-where Louisiana is located

-physical features

-cultural regions

-human-environmental interaction


Module Two: First Inhabitants

-prehistoric people of Louisiana

-historic Indigenous peoples of Louisiana


Module Three: Early Exploration and French Louisiane

-exploration of the New World

-a french colony

-diversity in the French Colony

-the end of Louisiane and Indian Wars


Module Four: Spanish Louisiana

-control by Spain

-an era of revolution

-immigration and the end of Spanish rule


Module Five: Becoming American

-from colony to US Territory

-the Territorial Period

-statehood and war


Module Six: Antebellum Louisiana

-cotton, sugar, and rice

-the plantation culture

-politics and new constitutions

Module Seven: A Nation Divided

-A nation at war

-restoring the Union

-the second civil war


Module Eight: Louisiana in the New South

-the Bourbon Democrats

-challenges to the Bourbons

-a segregated world

-attempts at progressive reform


Module Nine: Depression and War

-the Great Depression

-Huey Long

-Louisiana in World War II


Module Ten: Modern Louisiana: From Civil Rights to Today

-postwar Louisiana and civil rights

-a new era of politics

-challenges for the future


Module Eleven: Our Government in Action

-our US Constitution and government

-our State Constitution and government

-local government and citizenship


Module Twelve: Name

-resources and choices

-supply, demand, and specialization

-the Global Economy in Louisiana