1. LOUISIANA

2. WHAT IS LOUISIANA ? A state in the USA WHERE ? In the South of the USA

3. SPOT IT ON THE MAP !

4. Look at the following hints and find one particularity of LOUISIANA !

6. PARTICULARITY A small part of the population speaks French = 4,4% of the population

7. Decribe Louisiana as it was in the end of the 18 th century and the beginning of the 19th VERY BIG CENTER OF THE USA : from the Gulf of Mexico from the Gulf of Mexico To the Canadian border ONE THIRD OF THE PRESENT USA

8. LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF LOUISIANA NAME : CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE JO B ? EXPLORER

9. WHERE WAS HE FROM ? FROM NEW FRANCE

10. WHAT DID HE DO IN 1682? HE EXPLORED A TERRITORY = from the Mississipi river basin to the mouth of this river

11. CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE NAMED THIS TERRITORY LOUISIANA. WHY ? TO HONOUR THE FRENCH KING THE FRENCH KING LOUIS XIV