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LESSON 6 - LEARNING KRÉYOL (CREOLE) THROUGH SAN MALÓ
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will hear the song SAN MALÓ, sung by Kréyol speaker Sunpie Barnes. Sunpie has studied both Louisiana and Haitian Kréyol for over thirty years, so the accent is authentic. Students will review phrases learned in the previous HEY NOM lesson, and then use the lyrics of SAN MALÓ to learn additional phrases.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 1 - SAN MALÓ AND INTRODUCTION TO UNIT
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson is an introduction to the book Le Ker Creole. Students will learn about the language of Kréyol, and about Creole culture and music, with a focus on the folk hero Juan San Maló. They will hear a song in Kréyol about San Maló and examine the lyrics to become familiar with the historic figure upon which the folk hero is based.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 5 - HEY NOM: FIRST LANGUAGE LESSON
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is the first of the language lessons in this unit. The lessons are designed to be delivered by teachers with no knowledge of Kréyol, French, or the teaching of foreign languages. They are not designed to make students fluent speakers, but instead to familiarize them with the language.

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LESSON 10: LANGUAGE LESSON- NONC BELOUTE
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is a fun and catchy song. Using it in the lessons will add to the fun. Students will learn additional Kréyol phrases. It is hoped that word and phrases are beginning to sound familiar due to previous lessons. Follow same template as HEY NOM and SAN MALÓ.

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LESSON 8: SHANGO AND DANSE CODAN
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson uses two songs that will emphasize the African influences on Zydeco music and the Kréyol language. The song SHANGO references an African spirit/diety that became important in the Creole and Black American community in Louisiana, especially among those who practiced the syncretic religious faith of Vodou, often popularly referred to as Voodoo.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 11: OD POR ODELIA
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Od Por Odelia was written by LeRoy Etienne as an ode to his mother who told him this story. In the tale an old man sells her rotten bananas. But dishonest conduct brings bad luck, and the old man dies soon thereafter.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 9- LANGUAGES OF POWER
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will read the text and engage in discussion to examine how language can be a source of power and resistance. They will fill in a summary sheet on the reading.

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LESSON 2 - REMEMBERING SAN MALÓ
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In the previous lesson students were introduced to the concept of Creolization, to the historical figure of San Maló as presented in the song, and to Creole/Zydeco music. In this lesson students will focus on gaining greater historical knowledge of Juan San Maló. This will be done through a deep reading of an adapted version of a thesis paper on San Maló by Erin Elizabeth Voisin.

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PATERRE LESSON PLAN STEPS: PART 2
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In this lesson students will be creating altars. This is part 2 of a lesson of two class periods of 1 hour each. Some outside class time will be needed by students for gathering items for use in altar creation. STEPS 1,2,3 must be done on a previous day.

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PATERRES Part 1: ALTARS
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is a two part lesson. Students will read the section Paterres in the text. This relates to the artistic/spiritual practice of building small altars. They will analyze the reading through use of an organizer, and analyze photographs using the photograph analysis template developed by the National Archives. In Part Two students will create their own altars that reflect their beliefs. The altars do not have to be religious in nature.