Lessons
Lesson Key:
H = High School Level
M = Middle School Level
E = Elementary Level
L = Literature Based Lesson
Florida History Timeline
Florida Prior to 1821
- Africans in Colonial Florida H,M
- African-Americans in Antebellum Florida H,M
- The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Louis M,E
- Juan Ortiz and the Origin of the "Pocahontas" Legend M,E
- Spanish Missions in Early Florida E
- Fort Mose M
- Early Native American and Pioneer Life E,L
- Florida's Early History M
- Florida's Pre-Columbian Native Cultures E
- The French Attempt a Florida Foothold H,M,E
- “Totally Uncivilized:” A Closer Look into PaleoIndian Pre-Civilization in Florida M,E
- Pre-Colonial Florida Culture: The Timucuan Indians H
- Life in the Spanish Missions of Florida M, H
- Totem Poles in Florida? E, M
- Florida’s & The World’s Early Explorers E, M
- Hernando De Soto and His Exploration of La Florida E
Antebellum Florida (1821-1861)
Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida (1861-1876)
Industrialism, Immigration, and Railroads (1877-1918)
- The Role of Tampa and Lakeland in the Spanish-American War H,M
- The Sponges Were Gold:" A History of Greek Immigration to Tarpon Springs H,M
- The Florida Terror: Race Relations in the Early Twentieth-Century H
- The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 H,M,E
- Ybor City's Diversity H,M
- Cubans Immigrate to Ybor City M
- Henry Flagler’s Successes and Impact on Florida’s Development and Economy M,E
- The Early History of Florida Tourism M, E
- The Plant System E
- Immigration & Acceptance of Cultural Differences E
- The Wright Brothers and Their Flyer E, M
- How to Build a State through Tourism H, M, E
- Land Use: The Kissimmee River Project vs. Development in the Green Swamp H, M, E
Boom, Bust, and World War II (1919-1945)
- Florida: An Attractive Place M,E
- Florida's Post-World War I Boom and Bust H,M
- Winning the War on the Home Front: World War II Propaganda Posters H,M
- Florida’s Heroes in WWII"- Capt. Colin P. Kelly, Jr., and James Henry Mills H,M
- “Operation Drumbeat” - Florida Attacked! H,M,L
- Target: America! Attempts to Terrorize the U.S. during WWII H,M
- The Enemy in Our Midst: German POW Camps in Florida H,M
- Florida During World War II H,M
- Lakeland's World War II History H,M
- Strawberry Schools M,E,L
- Florida’s World War II Military Camps E
- Florida in the 1920s and 1930s H,M
- Reports on Selected Lois Lenski Books E
- Cypress Gardens: “A Rare Piece of Florida’s History” M,E
- Strawberry Schools in Florida E
Modern Florida (1946-Present)
- The Interstate Highway System in Florida H,M
- America, Oil, and Our National Security H,M
- The Cold War and the Great Space Race-Part 1 (1945-1960) H,M
- Jackie Robinson’s Experience in Florida H,M
- The Life and Death of Harry Tyson Moore H,M
- The Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956-58 M
- “One Long, Hot Summer:” Conflict in the Ancient City, 1963-64 H,M
- Florida's Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's: Protests in Tallahassee H,M
- The Tampa Riot of 1967 H,M
- The Electoral College and the Disputed 2000 Presidential Election H,M
American History Skills
Resource Warehouse
The Resource Warehouse provides a ready list of resources teachers might use to find guest speakers, field trips, and materials to facilitate the teaching of American History. Additional resources are added as they are become available.
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