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Bienvenue au site du Comité pour la Semaine d'Héritage Acadien. Nous organisons une série d'évènements pendant la semaine du 5 au 12 octobre 2008 pour célébrer notre héritage acadien.
Welcome to the Acadian Heritage Week Committee web site. In celebration of our Acadian heritage, we are organizing a series of events during the week of October 5-12, 2008.
We celebrate this year all of the cultures who have permanently impacted us and have become a permanent part of the Acadian tapestry, our theme for 2008.
A curriculum guide has been designed for the 8th grade Louisiana history students by the Louisiana Department of Education, which we hope will be taught during Acadian Heritage Week (school principals need be consulted). The curriculum can be downloaded here (pdf
document) and if you endorse the teaching of
this curriculum in our schools, please talk
to your school principal and teacher about
using it in class this coming fall.
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G E T I N V O L V E D !
In order for our commemoration to be effective, we will need your help in organizing events in your communities.
Suggested activities include:
- Commemorative masses or religious ceremonies. (Contact your parish priest or minister.)
- Teaching of the State Dept. of Education curriculum guide for 8th grade Louisiana history classes, Acadian Odyssey. (Contact your school officials and encourage them to implement the one-week teaching plan. Talk to 8th grade teachers and tell them about this ready to use curriculum.)
- Learn how to be an ally to Acadians by reading:
Comment être Allier aux Acadiens, un essai
How to be an Ally to Acadians, an essay
par / by Jolène Adam
- If you work with other French-speakers, talk to them about making Acadian Heritage Week “French week” in the office and speak French at every opportunity you have between October 5 and 12. This is a great way to honor the Acadian ancestors.
- Speak French, not only at work, but whenever you can all week long.
- Ask your librarian to purchase books and teaching aids about Acadian History so that every one has the opportunity to learn from the story of the Acadians. (click here to view our specials)
- You don't have much time? You can help by simply passing along our web site address (www.acadianheritage.org) to your family and friends, asking them to visit and take part in the commemoration evemts.
- And, of course, if you wish to help in any other way, please do not hesitate to do so. Contact us for more information.
Please help us in sharing the powerful story of the Acadians with our entire community. The story of the Acadians is a big part of the story of Acadiana. The lessons of tenacity in the face of adversity, and of tolerance in the face of intolerance, are valuable to all, regardless of ethnic origins. Help us in commemorating the memory of the deported Acadians, ancestors to so many among us, and to pass the story onto all the children of Southwest Louisiana.
MES AMIS, N'OUBLIONS PAS!
– The Acadian Heritage Week Committee
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