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Day 1: Introduction to Florida Explorers (Chelsea Widmaier)

Day 2: The Climate and Historical Geography of Florida (Amanda Barnes)

Day 3: Why Did the Explorers Want to Explore Florida? (Stephanie Fry)





Day 4: Native Americans in Florida (Christine Zas)

Day 5: Presentation and Discussion (Caitlin Clancy)







Very detailed (You have 2- five day action plans here? Place the real one on the Unit plan page.) Looks good. Be sure each day after Monday begins with a review! To be clear, we have an Activ Board in class. You could just say IWB or Interactive White Board. Is this your pre-assessment? If so, when will you complete the post? Your resource pages are helpful! LTS 11-15-10

Rough Daily Schedule: Day 1: Intro -Discuss the concept of the 'expedition'. What is it? -What do you think is the oldest city in the United States? (St Augustine) This segways into discussion on explorers -Students fill out graphic organizer on explorers (information: birth/death. Three main pieces of information)

Day 2: Climate -Florida looked very different. -How Florida got its name (Land of Flowers/Ponce De Leon) -Climate of Spain vs Florida -Food and plants that were found here -Geography hand out: map route of explorer color coded based on areas explored (beach, woodlands, marsh)

Day 3: Purpose -What were the explorers looking for? (Conquering land, riches, Fountain of Youth, Missionaries) -What was actually found? -Trifold Activity (What they were looking for vs. what they found/accomplished) -Map the Land Expedition

Day 4: Native Americans -Lifestyles, hunting, shelter, leisure -Timicua and Calusa -Locations and trading

Day 5: Presentations and Discussion -Students will present and map out their explorers routes. -Students will have a graphic organizer for each explorer and will fill out information as the protfolios are passed around. -How the explorers discussion about how the explorers discoveries have Florida today.