Louisiana Cultures and Customs

1. Cultures and Customs

2. Today’s Objective
• I will define customs.
• I will identify two examples of
culture in Louisiana.

3. Today’s Agenda
• 1. Complete “Do Now” Review Questions
• 2. Review Vocabulary Words Chorally
• 3. Introduce and define customs
• 4. Brainstorm in groups some customs that
we have in Louisiana.
• 5. View customs from Smartboard.
• 6. Pick one custom, illustrate, and write a
sentence.
• 7. Read in groups SBp.307.
• 8. Create five related questions.

4. Louisiana has many
cultural groups.
• Can you think of any of the
cultural groups that live in
Louisiana?
• Native Americans
• Acadians
• French/Spanish
• Africans

5. Each cultural group has
their own customs.
• What are customs?
• Customs are a special way of
doing things like……
cooking
dressing
celebrating

6. Jambalaya….yum, yum,
yum……..
• Cooking jambalaya is an
example of a custom.
• This custom came from the
Cajun and Creole backgrounds.

7. Customs can also
include music.
• Zydeco and jazz are popular
types of Louisiana music.