1.8 f. Bread Pudding
Recipes for this baked dessert can turn stale bread into a delicious treat.
K–12 Resources
1st Grade Social Studies Resources
1.8 f. Tabasco Sauce
This spicy sauce is made in Louisiana and sold around the world.
1.8 b. Traditional New Orleans Jazz
Experimenting and improvising are important parts of this American musical form.
1.8 e. Lagniappe
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
4th Grade Social Studies Resources
4.19 b.–d. Mississippi Period
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
4.19 b.–d. Archaic Period
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
4.19 b.–c. Paleoindian Period
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
4.19 b., d. Woodland Period
People of the Tchefuncte, Marksville, Troyville, and Coles Creek cultures lived in Louisiana during the Woodland period.
6th Grade Social Studies Resources
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Natchez Indians
Both French and British colonists sought alliances with the Natchez Indians, an American Indian group with settlements along the Lower Mississippi River.
6.10 a.–f. Spanish Colonial Louisiana
By the end of Spanish rule, Louisiana was a stable colonial outpost.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h., 6.10 a.-c. Early Exploration and Colonization
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, several expeditions explored the area that would later become known as Louisiana.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Houma Nation
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
7th Grade Social Studies Resources
7.14 d. Colfax Massacre
In 1873 white Louisianans responded to Reconstruction policies with violence, resulting in a massacre that claimed as many as 150 lives.
7.8 h. Dunbar-Hunter Expedition
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition to explore and document the lower regions of the Louisiana Territory.
7.13 d.-f. Civil War Louisiana
The years between 1861 and 1865 were the most tumultuous five-year span in Louisiana history.
7.14 d. White League
A paramilitary organization aligned with the Democratic Party, the White League played a central role in the overthrow of Republican rule and intimidation of African Americans in Louisiana during Reconstruction.
8th Grade Social Studies Resources
8.12 g. Great Flood of 1927
The Great Flood of 1927 inundated more than ten thousand square miles across twenty Louisiana parishes and left tens of thousands of Louisianans without shelter.
8.17 c. Hurricane Camille
When Hurricane Camille made landfall in 1969, it devastated communities and caused widespread damage to Louisiana’s oil and gas infrastructure.
8.15 e. Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of June 1953 lasted eight days and became a model for organizers of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
8.17 c. Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed brought international attention to Louisiana.
High School Civics Social Studies Resources
C.9 j. Napoleonic Code
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
C.9 a. Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
C.11 k. Police Juries
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
C.9 a. Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.