Unit 2: Economics in Louisiana

Activity 16:  Geography and Economy (GLE:  78)

CC:  Instruct them to come up with three to five conclusive hypotheses about how Louisiana's geographic features impacted growth and historical events, settlement patterns, and economic development. They should then use print and/or Internet resources to prove or disprove those hypotheses and present them in an informal essay.

Louisiana Demographic Maps

http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/popmaps.htm