Ideas from Gerry Doyle

"Belizaire the Cajun"

Gerry Doyle
former Louisiana History teacher at Oak Park Middle School

"I have known Gerry for many years and she was the best at what she taught. She always knew more trivia about Louisiana than anyone I had ever talked to. When she retired she began to clear everything out of her classroom. I bargained and begged for all the old notes, worksheets, lesson ideas, nic-nacs - everything. The goal was to get all this wealth of lesson material uploaded. Two years later I finally got around to it. Most of her worksheets need no explanation and I have included her own handwritten answer sheets where available. She also was a packrat for resource material with thousands of newspaper clippings, special editions, and old books. I will try to put most of her collection online over the next few months."

Many of us use the movie Belizaire the Cajun. In the first year of the movie, back in 1985, there was a teacher's Guide available. Gerry saved it and it is posted here for those who didn't get it or lost it.