Teacher/Parent Resources

Sweet Activities for Young Children

S is for Sugar Activity Pages
Write the Missing Letter 1st Grade Activity Page

How Technology Revolutionized the Sugar Industry

7-8th Grade Sugar Math
Allen Ramsey Wurtele Spotlight
Cane Harvester Activity
Multiple Effect Evaporator Spotlight
Pinwheel Turbine Activity
Steam Power Activity
Sugar Spreads Around the Globe Activity

Black Contributions & Achievements

Baton Rouge Bus Boycott Images
Charles P. Adams Autobiography Excerpt
Charles P. Adams Activity
Edward Searcy Image
Freddie Williams Image

Teachers' Institute

Each year the WBR Museum hosts a Teachers’ Institute centered around a pertinent theme.  The materials provided below have been submitted by teachers who have participated in Summer Teachers’ Institutes and are intended to serve as examples of curriculum and research possibilities created with and about WBR Museum holdings and resources.

• Recycling School Trash Project Planner

COVID Essay Contest Winners

Middle and high school students entered our COVID Essay Contest in which they were asked to focus on the Cuttin' Cane A'int All We Do Tour videos, or on one of the many historical markers in West Baton Rouge. You can read the middle and high school winners' essays here:

• High School Winner - Annalise Bates, 12th Grade, Louisiana School for Math, Science, & the Arts
• Middle School Winner - Julia Gibson, 6th Grade, Holy Family School

Congrats, winners!