2. Hey, Ben, what are we going to learn today?
WE WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW TRANSPORTATION AND
TECHNOLOGY HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME

3. Invention: something thought of in
the mind and then created in real life
Why: to improve how people live
It All Starts With Scientific Inventions

4. How We Move from One Place to Another:
A History of Transportation
BACK THEN around the 1800s:
NOW 2015:
Walk Ride Horses Ride in Wagons

5. A History of Technology:
Important Inventions
Challenge: Name one important invention and how it has
helped us.

6. It’s Time to….
SHOW ME WHAT YOU KNOW!

7. Map of the Major Cities in Louisiana
Challenge: In which direction will you travel from…to…?

8. Review: Louisiana’s Geography
How Humans Adapt LA’s Geography for their needs and
wants
This is a map of LA

9. Review: Louisiana’s Geography
Oil is a HUGE
natural resource
in LA
This is a map of
LA’s oil and gas
refineries
We drill holes in
the surface of the
earth to get oil
Challenge: which activity is used to search
for oil in Louisiana?

10. Important Part of LA’s Geography:
The Port of New Orleans
WHY is this important to
know? This helps the
people of Louisiana to sell
any extra goods to other
states and countries to
make money
New Orleans is an
important center of trade
because it is located on a
large river (the Mississippi)
near the sea (the Gulf).
Challenge: Why is New Orleans an important
center of trade? Why is this important to know?

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Natural Resources
Natural resources are things
that come from the earth

12. Important Natural Resources in LA
WHY are LA’s natural resources important?
2.) LA sells the extra natural resources to other states
and countries to make money
1.) LA’s natural resources are important because
they fulfill our needs and wants
Challenge: Why are LA’s natural resources important?

13. It’s Time to….
SHOW ME WHAT YOU KNOW!

14. Louisiana History Review
First things first, how do historians learn about history?

15. Historians Learn about History From Two Types
of Sources:
Primary Sources (1st
Person:)
Original books, interviews,
original drawings, and original
letters written by the people
who lived during that time
Secondary Sources (2nd Person):
Encyclopedias, books, and letters
written after an event happened
Challenge: How do historians learn about history?

16. History of the People of Louisiana
1st Native
Americans/American Indians
2nd the French from France
Acadians: French Catholics from Canada
3rd the Spanish from Spain
4th United States of
America

17. The FIRST PEOPLE to inhabit LA:
American Indians/Native Americans
How did they live: They were HUNTERS AND
GATHERS: PEOPLE WHO HUNTED, FISHED, AND ATE
PLANTS FROM THE LAND (We still do this today!)
Challenge: Who were the first people to inhabit LA? How did they live?

18. The SECOND PEOPLE to Inhabit LA:
French from France and the Acadians: French
speaking Catholics from Canada
In 1755, Acadians, French
Speaking Catholics were
forced to leave Canada
because the Canadians didn’t
like them.
They settled (or moved to) LA.
In 1682 the French came from France and
traveled to Louisiana.
Why? They wanted to build a
trading post because
New Orleans sits on the Mississippi River
which flows into the Gulf
Challenge: Why was New Orleans built by the French?
What were the French speaking Catholics called who came from Canada and settled in LA?

19. Important French People in Louisiana’s History:
Robert La Salle
He is important because he
claimed Louisiana for France

20. Important French People in Louisiana’s History:
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienvielle
The Father of New Orleans
He is important because moved
the capital of LA from the
swamp to New Orleans

22. The Louisiana Purchase

23. IMPORTANT EVENT IN LA’S HISTORY:
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
WHAT:
The U.S.
bought the
Louisiana
Territory from
France in 1803
WHY it was
important:
It made
Louisiana a
part of the
United States

24. LOUISIANA & NEW ORLEANS TODAY:
What Our State and City is Known for
New Orleans is best known for
JAZZ MUSIC
Known for
MARDI GRAS
brought to LA by the
French
Known for
SEAFOOD,
Cajun & Creole Style
Known for
Its natural resource
OIL
Known for
TOURISM
because of its
rich history

25. Louisiana Landmarks
Pelican,
state bird
Capitol Building in Baton
Rouge
Superdome
Capitol Building in Baton
Rouge
French Quarter
Port of New
Orleans
Magnolia,
state flower

26. Review Economics
or the study of MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Economics (the official definition; what it is?:) is
the study of how wealth is created and
distributed in a community

27. Review Economics Word of the Day:
Supply and Demand:
It affects everything we do and it’s a cycle
SUPPLY: The amount
of a good or service
available
DEMAND: the number
of people willing to
pay the price a
producer is asking

28. How Supply and Demand Work
CHALLENGE: WHAT HAPPENS TO THE COST OF GOODS WHEN RESOURCES ARE SCARCE?
WHEN FEW CONSUMERS WANT TO
BUY A GOOD, PRICES ARE LOWERED;
THEY DECREASE
WHY? PRODUCERS LOWER PRICES TO
GET RID OF THE GOOD
WHEN PRICES ARE
LOWERED MORE PEOPLE
BUY A GOOD OR SERVICE
WHY? IT IS CHEAP

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Supply and Demand

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Supply and Demand

31. Review Economics Word of the Day:
Scarce/Scarcity
Shortness of
supply; not enough
When resources
are scarce,
prices increase
or go up
CHALLENGE: WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE COST
OF GOODS WHEN
RESOURCES ARE
SCARCE?

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Human Resources

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Capital Resources

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Natural Resources
Natural resources are things
that come from the earth

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Natural Resources, Capital Resources, & Human Resources
Let’s Play Which Resource am I?
Mr. Washington has a company that make
toys. He uses machines to build the toys. What
kind of resource does Mr. Washington’s
company make?
One of Louisiana’s biggest goods are
Satsuma Oranges grown in Northern
Louisiana. What type of resource are
the oranges?
Mr. Smith runs a school. He hires teachers to
teach scholars math, science, ELA, and social
studies. What kind of resource are the
teachers?

36. Review Civics
Civics: the study of government and how
it runs

37. The capitol of our country and our
government is in Washington, D.C.

38. There are 3 Branches of Government

39. Branch 1: Legislative Branch
* Made up of Congress(House of Representatives & the
Senate)
* MAKES LAWS
Branch 2: Executive Branch
*Made up of the President
*CARRIES OUT LAWS
*MAKES SURE PEOPLE OBEY THE LAWS
Branch 3: Judicial
*Made up of 9 Supreme Court Judges
*EXPLAINS AND DECIDES IF LAWS ARE FAIR
*PUNISHES PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW

40. How People in the Government are Chosen
They are ELECTED:
*People in the government are
elected by U.S. citizens like us
*Citizens VOTE for who they want
to be in the government
*Citizens VOTE during an ELECTION
People with the HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF VOTES WINS

41. What Services the U.S. Government
and State Governments Provide:
Role of the Government
Repair roads and
highways for safe travel:
Provide driver’s licenses
Provide schools for people
to learn in: Provide
resources for schools
How the
Government pays
for these things:
By collecting
TAXES from
citizens!

42. What are Rights, Laws, and Rules
Rights: a
freedom that
is protected
Laws:
something that
tells you how
to behave and
are enforced
by government
Rule: tells
you what is
or is not
allowed
Challenge: Are these laws or not laws?