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Welcome
On Mardi Gras day another Rex parade will roll through the streets of New Orleans. Parade watchers will see beautifully decorated floats and scramble for beads and doubloons thrown by the floats' riders. The Rex parade has been part of the rich tradition of Mardi Gras in New Orleans since the earliest days of this unique celebration.
Part of that long tradition is honored in the selection of the parade theme and float titles of each year's "procession." Historically, the themes and individual float titles chosen for each year's parade have been drawn from the rich worlds of mythology, literature, history, and the arts. Each of these parades, therefore, brings to colorful life a wonderful and interesting world, a world that invites exploration. |
"Fables of Fire and Flame"
The theme for the 2010 Rex Procession is "Fables of Fire and Flame." Fire, one of the four classical elements, has occupied a special place in human experience throughout history. Each culture has developed a mythology to explain its origins and its power to create and destroy. From these rich stories come images and symbols which have inspired the 2010 Rex Procession, the first with a fire theme. This theme affords many opportunities for students to learn about the myths and legends inspired by fire in distant times and faraway lands and cultures. |
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Teaching Materials
Within these Rex in the Classroom pages you will find materials describing this year's Rex Procession, including parade notes, illustrations, and web links.
In the Teachers' Corner we will post suggestions and teaching aids to help students as they explore the many ways the moon has inspired myths, art, poems, and songs. The emphasis is on web-based research, learning, and presentation methods.
These students at Louise S. McGehee School are using laptop computers to work on their Rex in the Classroom projects. |
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Student Work
Student work will be posted to the extent possible as it is submitted, and materials from past years' parades and projects can be found in the Archives.
Parade bulletins will be provided for participating classrooms. If you would like to have additional information about "Rex in the Classroom," or have teaching suggestions or student work to submit, please contact us. |
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