Optional Extension Activities Play a game of You Have" with details about the Struggle for Control of Florida “I Have, Prepare a stack of about 25 (depending on the # of kids in the class) basic facts about the Local History related to the Struggle for Florida. One card is passed out randomly to each student. The person who gets the card that says START begins. It goes like this: "I have the person who established the first mission on the mouth of the Miami River. You have. Next person says "I have Francisco Villareal. You have the Southeastern most tribe of Native American in Florida." The game continues through all the cards. The last card says STOP. If you play using a timer, interest is kept through many practices. Kids try to beat their previous time. This also practices listening skills as we don't repeat the question. We just add time to the timer. Write a Journal Entry You are a European settler. Write a journal entry describing your experiences. Since your journal is your record of what has happened, you will want to include major events as well as how you feel about your experiences. Use information, the text and other references to write your journal entry. Organize your ideas detailing; your goal for going on the expedition, what the land looked like, what the native Americans were like, and what you learned from the experience. References for links Exploring Florida- Resources for Teachers http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/trnsfer/trnsfer1.htm http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
Optional Extension Activities Play a game of “I Have, You Have" with details about the Struggle for Control of Florida Prepare a stack of about 25 (depending on the # of kids in the class) basic facts about the Local History related to the Struggle for Florida. One card is passed out randomly to each student. The person who gets the card that says START begins. It goes like this: "I have the person who established the first mission on the mouth of the Miami River. You have. Next person says "I have Francisco Villareal. You have the Southeastern most tribe of Native American in Florida." The game continues through all the cards. The last card says STOP. If you play using a timer, interest is kept through many practices. Kids try to beat their previous time. This also practices listening skills as we don't repeat the question. We just add time to the timer. Write a Journal Entry You are a European settler. Write a journal entry describing your experiences. Since your journal is your record of what has happened, you will want to include major events as well as how you feel about your experiences. Use information, the text and other references to write your journal entry. Organize your ideas detailing; your goal for going on the expedition, what the land looked like, what the native Americans were like, and what you learned from the experience. References for links Exploring Florida- Resources for Teachers http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/trnsfer/trnsfer1.htm http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm