Lesson 8: Spanish Missions in Florida

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Elizabeth Rasmussen, Fort Meade Middle Senior High School, School District of Polk County

Description

The purpose of this lesson is for students to use maps and reading passages in order to learn about the influence of the Spanish mission system on Florida. The Spanish Mission system was influential to the establishment of formal political systems in Florida.

Comments

• NCSS Standards:
  • Time, Continuity, and Change
  • People, Places, and Environments
  • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
  • Power, Authority, and Governance
• NGSSS:
  • SS.912.W.4.13: Examine the various economic and political systems of Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and England in the Americas.
  • SS.912.A.6.15: Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States history.

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