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Feu Follets in Crowley
Full text linkThe purpose of this story is to support early literacy for young children and to align ELA content to Louisiana Believes Social Studies standards. This story is an original work of historical fiction in Louisiana folklore. Children from grades 1st to 6th can read and learn from stories. The work is humorous and problem-solving. The story showcases teamwork, children working together to achieve a goal
Missing Voices Within the Classroom: Cultural Identity, Lexical, and Authenticity in Cajun, Creole, and Native American Children’s Literature
Full text linkIt is important for all members of a culture or community (including school community) to “encourage children to understand cultural differences, to take pride in individual differences and use this understanding to develop uniqueness versus awkwardness in society” (Cox & Wallis, 1982, 264). If young children are supported within the visualization of how they reflectively see their fit within the world, there are possibilities to embrace the leadership benefits of heritage and belonging, and eventually gain the understanding of how to use their cultural authenticity as a strength of character development. Authors explored regional libraries for diverse books, specifically for preservice teachers to use as an emerging model of English Language Arts (ELA) and Social Studies curriculum planning with children’s literature. There was a lack of authentic cultural connections in these libraries to support multicultural populations in their historical and current diverse literature sections. The authors contend that developmentally, children must see themselves in picture books and other literature to make genuine connections for a cultural identity, language, and self-identification in children’s literature. Portrayal of all cultures accurately is important to reduce bias and misconceptions of others who might be different than the reader. We uncovered missing voices in Cajun, Creole and Native American in children’s literature
One Salty Nightmare
Full text linkThe purpose for writing this short story is to inspire younger minds with Louisiana folklore. This historic fiction Louisiana folktale is appropriate reading for third grade. The tone for this story is suspenseful, yet peaceful in the end
Mama\u27s Feu Follet Bedtime Story
Full text linkThis children’s tale introduces local folklore to elementary-age children to help them learn more about their culture and the history of Louisiana. Too often, important cultural details are simply left out of a student’s education, and these details are crucial to learn with hope that young children may one day pass on their knowledge to their peers. It’s important for these students to be proud of where they come from and understand the importance of the culture, without negative influence from news outlets or television shows
The Cooshmah is Coming
Full text linkThe author’s purpose is to create a story for children to recognize cultural identity and support with Louisiana folklore and storytelling. This fictional short story brings light to the legend of the Cauchemars or “Cooshmah” as spelled in the piece. The appropriate reading grade level supports 3rd grade Louisiana Believes standards in ELA and Social Studies. The tone of the story is persuasive, to encourage children to be kind and loving to those around them. This story is an informational work of fiction to uncover one of the rich legends of folklore in Louisiana storytelling
The Joy of My Life
Full text linkThis story was written to give Louisiana children a reflection of their culture. Louisiana, Cajun culture is beautiful and unique. Cajun heritage is something children should know and be proud of. There is a lack of children’s literature that reflects authentic Cajun culture and this story was created to help fill that gap. Reading level is for children in Kindergarten through 3rd grade, but of course anyone can enjoy! The story is a romantic folktale, based on the legends of the Feu-Follet in the Louisiana swamps
J\u27ai trompé les Feu Follets/I Tricked the Feu Follets
No full textThe purpose of this writing is to help students in Louisiana learn more about the legend of the Feu Follets. There are not many stories written in children’s literature to support this Louisiana legend. Appropriate grade levels are 2nd – 3rd grade students. This fictional story is meant to have a more serious tone while also informing readers of the Feu Follets
The Time I Saw the Rougarou
No full textThis story was written to address the missing voices in Louisiana children’s literature that is often not found in the children’s books. This story is appropriate for a 3rd grade reading level, and is written with a serious tone and a twist of humor to encourage children to listen to their parents with their best interests in mind
Privacy in Public Archives: Managing Personally Identifiable Information in Special Collections
Full text linkArchivists aim to make research and manuscripts accessible to the public. However, accessibility becomes tricky when donors or institutions enforce limitations. Sometimes limitations need to be enforced, especially when dealing with sensitive information such as personally identifiable information (PII), unpublished works, and student records. Redactions and restrictions may be necessary in these situations, but archives find this difficult to accomplish because of the size of the collections, results from previous accession practices, and the lack of staff and resources. The Special Collections department at Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette is addressing this problem and has put forward methods to confront its backlog of PII while staying true to its accessibility mission. This article examines the challenges of handling PII in physical archival materials, the impact of More Product, Less Process (MPLP) on sensitive information, and how the Special Collections department, while using some MPLP processing methods, adopted a slightly more meticulous and efficient approach to protect privacy while still providing access
10. Dr. Ed Goellner, Intro Oral History
No full textIntroduction to oral histories by Dr. Ed Goellner, former EDCI faculty member and Chair of Oral Histories Committee