The Big Easy: Literary New Orleans and Intangible Heritage

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.04.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background Information
  4. Demographics
  5. The Song and Title
  6. The Play
  7. The Texts
  8. Imagery
  9. Objectives
  10. Strategies
  11. Classroom Activities
  12. Appendix A
  13. Appendix B
  14. Appendix C
  15. Appendix D
  16. References
  17. Endnotes

Strange Fruit: An Exploration of Imagery and Socio-politics of Post-Katrina New Orleans

Amanda Lynch

Published September 2011

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Endnotes

  1. "Paul Chan - Waiting for Godot - New Orleans - Art - New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/design/02cott.html?pagewanted=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1313757031-yYMHylq1tyNVdFomCivSRQ (accessed August 19, 2011).
  2. Project citizen: a portfolio-based civic education program.. Calabasas, CA: Center for Civic Education, 2009. Print. 3
  3. Project Citizen is a public policy program that is funded by Congress that is woven through the English curriculum throughout the year in my classroom.
  4. Dyson, Michael Eric. Come hell or high water: Hurricane Katrina and the color of disaster. New York: Basic Civitas, 2006. Print. 65
  5. "Intangible Heritage:UNESCO-CULTURE." United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34325&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (accessed July 16, 2011).
  6. IBD
  7. Reizenstein, Ludwig von, and Steven W. Rowan. The mysteries of New Orleans . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Print.
  8. Dyson, 21
  9. IBID, 21
  10. Flooding devastates historic Richmond, Va. - Weather - Weather News - msnbc.com." msnbc.com - Breaking news, science and tech news, world news, US news, local news- msnbc.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5851220/ns/weather-weather_news/t/flooding-devastates-historic-richmond-va/ (accessed July 13, 2011).
  11. "Paul Chan - Waiting for Godot - New Orleans - Art - New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia.ttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/design/02cott.html?pagewanted=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1313757031-yYMHylq1tyNVdFomCivSRQ (accessed August 19, 2011).
  12. Crocco, Margaret, Lucia Alca?ntara, Spike Lee, and Sam Pollard. Teaching the levees a curriculum for democratic dialogue and civil engagement. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007.
  13. IBD
  14. "Zeitoun by Dave Eggers: Questions and Book Club Reading Group Guide/Discussion Guide." BookBrowse.com: More than 20,000 book reviews, reader reviews, critic's reviews, book excerpts and more.. http://www.bookbrowse.com/reading_guides/detail/index.cfm/book_number/2433/Zeitoun (accessed July 17, 2011).

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