The URLs are listed above in Technology Connection. Build knowledge about the first people in Louisiana with the Indian Rap sequence of Episode 1 of Gumbo Island . Play the song, with students just watching and listening the first time through. Play the tape once more, this time, using a marked map as a listening guide.
Students are to complete the map as they listen.
Share the information marked on the maps. Continue to play this episode of Gumbo Island , through the interview with the LeBlanc family. Talk about interviewing. We'll talk more about interviewing techniques later. They decorate the map with symbols representative of the areas.