The
Florida Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Florida. We have created a
FREE Online Teacher’s Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This
FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click
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FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.
The Florida Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
• Analysis
• Critical Thinking
• Point of View
• Compare and Contrast
• Order of Events
• And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The
Florida Primary Sources are:
1. Portrait of Juan Ponce de Le"n - 1500
2. Map of Florida by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues – 1591
3. Portrait of Seminole Chief Osceola – 1837
4. Painting of U.S. Marines searching for Seminole Indians in the Everglades during the Second Seminole War – ca. 1835-1842
5. Lithograph depicting the advance of the 8th United States Colored Troops at the 1864 Battle of Olustee
6. Photograph of Jacksonville Military Prison – December 11, 1864
7. Advertisement of Florida land sale by industrialist and real estate developer Hamilton Disston – 1881
8. Photograph of Mary McLeod Bethune with girls from the Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls – Daytona – 1905
9. Replica of a postcard showing the Ponce de Le"n Hotel – later Flagler College founded by Henry Flagler – St. Augustine – 1909
10. Photograph of opening of Collins Bridge connecting Miami to Miami Beach – 1913
11. Advertisement for Florida East Coast Railway – 1913
12. Photograph of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Samuel Firestone – winter residents of Fort Myers – February 1929
13. Photograph of two Seminole women cooking cane syrup – Seminole Indian Agency – 1941
14. Photograph of female volunteer from WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) spinning prop of training plane – Jacksonville – 1943
15. Photograph of a segregated store in Belle Glade – 1945
16. Photograph of Walt Disney announcing new Disney theme park in Florida – 1965
17. Cuban refugees rescued in the Mariel Boatlift set up temporary lodging in hangars at the Boca Chica airbase in the Florida Keys – 1980
18. Aerial photograph of Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral – 1999
19. Aerial photograph of Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine
20. Photograph of Henry Flagler statue standing in front of Flagler College, St. Augustine
Your students will:
• think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.
• participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations.
• integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.
• experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.
Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" cardstock.