2.+Internet+Sites

__Stephanie Fry__:

Exploring Florida __ [] __ This website includes short reading passages on various explorers (Ponce de Leon, Panfilo de Narvaez, Nunez de Cadeza de Vaca, Hernando de Soto, Jean Ribault, and Pedro Menendez de Aviles) a reading strategy, graphic organizers, teacher notes, and students questions.

Florida Kids __ [] __ The website gives students an overview of Florida history from the Stone Age to the Space Age. They can learn about state symbols, the capital, Seminole history, governors, and quick facts. The part of interest to the unit is European Exploration and Colonization.

The History of Shelling on Sanibel Island __ [] __

This website explains the history of Sanibel Island. There is information on the Calusa Indians and also the explorers that came in contact with them. There is wonderful description of their lifestyles and pictures of artifacts. The site also explains the adverse effects of the explorers invading their lands.

__Caitlin Clancy:__

Explorers From 1501-1550: The Early 16th Century

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Great basic information on all explorers! There are maps, routes and dates all in one place! The explorers each have their own page with specific information. The explorers are separated by time periods and area.=====

Early Florida and Native Tribes

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Interesting information on Native tribes in Florida and in the impact of Spanish settlement.

Explorers

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Great site with information on De Soto, De Leon and Cortes! Basic dates and information included. They are all very important and influential Spanish explorers.

[|www.latinamericanstudies.org/colonial/poncedeleon-map.gif] This website is created about the life of Ponce de Leon and his explorations. It has pictures related to his life as an explorer.
 * __Amanda Barnes:__**

[|www.biography.com/classroom/images/poncedeleon.jpg] A biography on Ponce de Leon's life and his explorations, also includes pictures.

[] This website explains the history of St. Augustine. It gives maps, information and history facts on the nation's oldest city.

__**Chelsea Widmaier**__ www.desototrails.com This website is created to share information about Hernando de Soto, but what is unique and incredibly helpful about it is that it has google map trails of De Soto's conquests.

www.floridahistory.com This website shares more information about Hernando De Soto and what he did during his expeditions.

www.flheritage.com/KIDS/history.cfm This website gives a time line of Florida's history allowing the students to see the differences in time between when different explorers landed in Florida.

cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernando_de_Soto/index.htm This website shares a lot of great information about Hernando de Soto but it is very kid friendly. It also gives links to other websites that focus on different aspects of Hernando de Soto.

www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=3190&external=http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/newworld/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090065.shtml&title+An%20Adventure%20to%20the%20New%20World This is an excellent resource because it is a similar lesson to what we were planning on. A teacher set up a two week lesson about Explorers and students are assigned to create an Explorer's Notebook of their assignments and research at the end of the lesson.