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Full text linkIn our lives we would put into situations that we have no control over sometimes you could feel lost; but things will work out if you try your best. This is the story of first struggle of many in America before the Hispanic population was bigger than it is now
Mrs. V’s Neighborhood Breakfast
Full text linkThe purpose of the story is to teach kindness and to share my favorite childhood memory that may be exciting to other children. Some events in this piece are from a favorite memory from my past. This realistic fiction story is appropriate for children of all ages to show that the smallest things can make a child very happy
Patterns of Natural Variation in Drought Escape and Drought Avoidance in the Common Monkeyflower
Full text linkClimate change has caused increasing temperatures and drier climates over the past decade. This has especially affected the western coast of North America, bringing even drier and hotter climates. This makes it difficult for plant life to prosper in these areas. One way that plants fight these drought conditions is through drought resistance traits. These drought resistance traits include flowering early and reproducing early before drought conditions onset or increasing the efficiency of water use by tissues and the stomata of the plant. While these traits are both beneficial in fighting drought conditions, they often negatively impact each other. This negative tradeoff is generally found due to genetics that control the physiology of the stomata. These genes can be affected by environmental conditions or genetic correlations. In this thesis, we use Mimulus guttatus to determine how heritability, genetic correlations, and environmental conditions affect the expression drought escape and drought avoidance traits. We discovered that there is variation in the expression of these traits between Oregon and California populations. We also find significant variation in the heritability, genetic correlation, and plasticity of morphological traits. These results together suggest that local adaptation is occurring at specific environmental sites. These results can help us predict how Mimulus guttatus, and possibly other plant species, will adapt to the drier and hotter temperatures brought about by climate change
Searching for the Missing Voices of Creole and African American Young Children
Full text linkThis unit/assessment plan is written for 3rd grade to support Louisiana Believes Social Studies and ELA Standards. A calendar of lesson plans consists of content and assessment following the curriculum to introduce young children to the lives of Louisiana leaders Ernest J. Gaines and Clementine Hunter. Students will take a pre/post assessment of knowledge, learn rich vocabulary, and create student interpretive products. The final student products will be displayed for an art showcase to recognize student voices in creative, expressive art. The unit focus is skills, knowledge, test-taking skills, and literacy. This body of work supports the need for enrichment in prescribed curriculum. Pre/post analysis results are favorable for student growth and learning. Students were engaged and motivated to learn more
Thanksgiving Day
No full textThe purpose of this story is to showcase family traditions through the genre of fictional realism. This story is appropriate for children, teachers, and families to support ELA and Social Studies state standards from the Louisiana Believes curriculum and to fill the missing gaps in Louisiana children\u27s literature
Papa J’s Cookie Jar
Full text linkThe author’s purpose for “Papa J’s Cookie Jar” is to provide a funny nonfictional story that children can see themselves in. The story is filled with humor and shows into the creative minds of children. This story can be read by 3rd grade and up
Anna is Adopted!
Full text linkAnna is Adopted is a realistic fiction short story with actual scenarios from my childhood growing up. The purpose of this story is to bring awareness to the feelings of misplacement for all children. Based on personal experience, adoption is not recognized in a positive light each day at school no matter how parents manage the issues. This story is written for younger elementary age students but can be applied to students of all ages. Since the story is based on rich lived experience, it is a great resource for children, parents, and teachers to address problems such as anxiety, uncomfortable questions, and other oppositional behaviors. There were so many social and educational benefits in mind when writing this. Anna is Adopted is a story for classroom use to promote inclusion of all family types and make children of diverse backgrounds feel more seen and understood. Educationally, this story helps students with reading comprehension and exposes them to different familial structures at an early age. The story is appropriate and aligned for ELA and Social Studies Louisiana Believes curriculum standards
Shopping for an IR: The Search, Adoption, and Implementation of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Institutional Repository Platform
Full text linkInstitutions wishing to disseminate their scholarship on a wide scale have influenced the need for institutional repositories (IR). These repositories provide institutions the opportunity to display and preserve what they have to offer in an open access environment. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) had attempted to adopt an IR for years and finally achieved this goal. Many issues impacted the adoption, including funding, deciding on the appropriate platform solutions, and marketing the need for contributions from faculty and university administration. There is much optimism for the IR, as it is also included in the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation to disseminate undergraduate student research. While there is still much more to accomplish, the university’s Edith Garland Dupré Library is taking steps to ensure the IR’s success. This article will discuss the history of the UL Lafayette’s institutional repository adoption, factors that influenced the platform decision, plans for its usage regarding undergraduate research, and anticipated challenges moving forward
There\u27s a Rougarou in the Bayou!
Full text linkThe author’s purpose of the story, There’s a Rougarou in the Bayou! is to give insight, to entertain, and to educate students about the Louisiana folklore legend, the Rougarou. It is important to preserve written Louisiana folklore to carry it on for future generations to enjoy. The story is a work of historical fiction that entails the legend of the Rougarou. This short story is grade level appropriate for 1st through 5th grade. The tone of the story begins with a frightening, serious tone, with added mystery. There’s a Rougarou in the Bayou! is a light-hearted and humorous story to reveal a big twist in the end