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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Key Vocabulary Jennifer Meyer, Ed. S. Rutherford County Schools. Geography. Southern USA Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Captial: Baton Rouge. Geography. The West Gulf Coastal Plain: plains, marshes, and ridges of sand known as barrier beaches

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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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  1. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Key Vocabulary Jennifer Meyer, Ed. S. Rutherford County Schools

  2. Geography • Southern USA • Mississippi River • Gulf of Mexico • Louisiana • Captial: Baton Rouge

  3. Geography • The West Gulf Coastal Plain: plains, marshes, and ridges of sand known as barrier beaches • The Mississippi Alluvial Plain: lush lowlands and swamps (bayous) with heavy vegetation • East Gulf Coastal Plain: marshes and small plains

  4. History • Former French colonies: Acadia, Canada. • Move to Louisiana Territory, called Cajuns • Louisiana Purchase from French 1803.

  5. History • Creole: Means mixture. Here, mixture of cultures from Africa, France, Spain, Caribbean • Refers to music, food, language

  6. Zydeco Music • Popular music of southern Louisiana • Blends French, African, Caribbean and blues influences • Families would gather in each other’s homes after working in the fields and play music • Comes from les haricots, French for green beans, the name of a song

  7. Mardi Gras • Everyone loves a party. In the month of February, things heat up in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras party. It is a time when the blended influences from Africa, France and the Caribbean are celebrated through music, food and colorful costumes.

  8. Pop quiz • Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Purchase from: • Germans • French • Japanese • Bolivians

  9. Pop Quiz • Who are the Cajuns? • Australians who moved to the USA • British prisoners who moved to Australia • French who moved to Louisiana • Americans who moved to Canada

  10. Pop quiz • Zydeco music gets its name from: • French for strawberries • Spanish for tomatoes • Lao for pumpkins • French for green beans

  11. 4. Which is a bayou? Pop Quiz

  12. Pop quiz • What does the word Creole mean? • Mixture • A type of food • A type of music • A language • All of the above

  13. Sources/references • http://gulfofmexicooilspillblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/gulfshore_l5_15oct04_30m.jpg?w=300&h=185 • http://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/thumb/b/b6/Frank_bond_1912_louisiana_and_the_louisiana_purchase.jpg/350px-Frank_bond_1912_louisiana_and_the_louisiana_purchase.jpg • http://tahoespiceworks.com/Flamin%20Cajun.jpg • http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBrHJj44qHJ_-6I73scm18vnttAG3rhmrMbIeeR-2Az_bA-TjIt • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaoil3rJFLGB6sxZPCe-kO1l7nWkinOp7qF5r7uh6uRTQuWbA7Gw • http://i.factmonster.com/images/mardigras.jpg • http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mardigras.jpg • http://www.camerongillie.com/bayous/photos/bayou_labranch.jpg • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcoEXE_iLX17zxOoOYlKYufMROl3V5SrNQ8zq7-NiuzKpdid1j • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Napoleon+bonaparte+and+france&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=IFW&sa=X&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=614&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnso&tbnid=Vp1hTi_5bDR1HM:&imgrefurl=http://www.freeclassicimages.com/Films_N.html&docid=XjoO-OvGklYoUM&w=1023&h=691&ei=5D1_ToirF5G5tgevid25CQ&zoom=1 • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=gulf+of+mexico&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=pOr&sa=X&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=614&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsu&tbnid=4yGxWqe2xZExXM:&imgrefurl=http://carillon-beach.com/our-village/shopping/&docid=5Wvg8gDQbbhp8M&w=400&h=266&ei=NkV_TtGkMoK2tweDmbm9CQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=419&page=2&tbnh=118&tbnw=178&start=18&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:18&tx=101&ty=40 • http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ25EoFtaHHJtJvpugnAEn-oF2aWN5ys9tTfwjzNYu3PmR4TDh- • http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS07DDAUSISiQpg-Sntjc33WxgNe2DxF1it6AS1q1wZ4KdhDK_CkA • http://greenheritagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Hurricane_Katrina_Flooding.jpg

  14. Sources/references • http://www.newreleasesnow.com/art/BuckwheatZydeco-BayouBoogie.jpg • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=new+orleans&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=W1K&sa=X&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=614&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsu&tbnid=aBmdCJ4YjmnkYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.travelgrove.com/blog/news/the-unseen-side-of-new-orleans/&docid=KaOl8PTY0HWp_M&w=576&h=445&ei=Mxl2Ts-KNNGDtgfF69WaDQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=383&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=106&ty=58 • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=new+orleans&hl=en&client=firefox&hs=W1K&sa=X&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=614&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsu&tbnid=JMRNWQQygU3t4M:&imgrefurl=http://www.andavotravel.com/blog/2011/07/new-orleans-pre-or-post-cruise/&docid=11UXmOnwdT5dAM&w=560&h=379&ei=Mxl2Ts-KNNGDtgfF69WaDQ&zoom=1 • http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcScreQRjMF7Xopq_GUYV7HmS8NvO86CiQj5PBWj8U-hCbP4Q7Fu • http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS78a81jqEeO1qKxmGxPujG6y-wF-2US_crJXi_Jp2edDjT6u1pSQ • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQv0PjSOKRlcU4OalHNtA1x9EMDVMPhh8MwgRqvt2rlRDPyjBm5

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