American Experience: New Orleans

Links & Resources:

Teacher's Guide from American Experience

The Official American Experience New Orleans Site at PBS


Check these sites to learn more about New Orleans:


History, heritage, culture and current events
http://www.neworleansonline.com/

Louisiana State Museum historic properties, collections, online resources
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/

Louisiana Digital Library
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/collections.php

Louisiana State Museum Jazz Collection
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/JAZ/Pages/home.php

National Park Service brief history of New Orleans jazz
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jazz/Jazz%20History_origins_pre1895.htm

New Orleans architecture
http://www.prcno.org/arch.html

New Orleans museums
http://www.neworleansmuseums.com/index.html


Plessy v. Ferguson
http://www.landmarkcases.org/plessy/home.html

U.S. Supreme Court - Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
http://www.thisnation.com/library/plessy.html


WWOZ - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station
http://www.wwoz.org/


More on

Louisiana History
http://www.louisianahistory.org/

http://www.louisianahistory.org/education/

Hurricane stories on Louisiana the State We're In
http://www.lpb.org/programs/swi/streaming.cfm

Coastal Preservation and Erosion
http://www.lpb.org/washingaway/

 


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