All About Louisiana

Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Curriculum for learning about Louisiana's coastline, barrier islands, birds, habitats, and more. Grades K-12

Louisiana Species Field Guide
Online directory of LA plants and animals

Poverty Point World Heritage Site
The mystery of Poverty Point World Heritage Site dates back more than 3,400 years. Learn more below about the people, mounds and artifacts left behind representing an exceptional hunter-gatherer tradition.

Acadian Life
Short article about the lives of Louisiana Acadian settlers (we call their descendants "Cajuns") in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Lesson plans for a variety of topics such as LA history, geography, culture, and wildlife.

Shadows-on-the-Teche
Learn about the history of Louisiana and the international and domestic slave trade through this series of blog posts following one family through 125 years. Because they're blog posts, they're in reverse order on this page. Scroll down and start with "Migration."

The Historic New Orleans Collection
Virtual exhibits highlighting Louisiana music, history, and culture.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
The six sites of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve represent a treasure trove of south Louisiana's historical and cultural riches. People from nearly every country, ethnic group, language, and religion have come to the lower Mississippi River delta and left traces of their passing.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
A large set of lesson plans for studying the history of jazz and Creole culture.

Gallier Historic House
"This virtual tour provides a lens into how the built environment may have been experienced by the enslaved people who lived and labored at the Gallier Historic House between its completion in 1860 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. In particular, the tour follows the day-to-day life of Laurette, ladies’ maid and nursemaid to the Gallier family."

Iberville Museum
The Atchafalaya Basin History curriculum is composed of six Artifact Packets (PDF), each containing lessons and activities for an 8th-grade level Louisiana History course. The site also features documentary videos on civil rights, cattle drives, and cypress logging in Lousiana.

Camp Moore
Camp Moore was the largest Confederate training camp in Louisiana and the only one in the United States still open to the public. Read a brief history of the camp, and view photos and maps.

The 50 States - Louisiana
From TeachersFirst. A comprehensive resource on Louisiana

Mr. Donn.org - Louisiana
Collection of Louisiana resources from Mr. Donn, who offers one of the largest collections of social studies resources available.

Louisiana Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
Selected Library of Congress primary sources with a Teacher's Guide

50 States.com - Louisiana
Facts & Trivia about Louisiana

RoadsideAmerica.com - Louisiana
Unique tourist attractions and landmarks in Louisiana

Awesome America - Louisiana
Loads of fun facts, photos, and travel information about Louisiana.

Louisiana Map/Quiz Printout
EnchantedLearning.com

Louisiana Coast Kid's Corner
Coloring Books, See the Wetlands, Animal Quiz, Animal Identification, Bird Identification, Hurricane Preparation Games, Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography.