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- The Calusa: "The Shell Indians"
- The Timucua
- The Tocobaga Indians of Tampa Bay
- The Tequesta Indians of Biscayne Bay
- The Apalachee of Tallahassee: "Mission Indians"
- Ponce de León: Florida's First Spanish Explorer
- The Misadventures of Pánfilo de Narváez and Nunez de Cabeza de Vaca
- Hernando de Soto Arrives and Explores Florida
- Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France
- Pedro Menendez de Aviles Claims Florida for Spain
- Sir Francis Drake
- African-Americans Settle in Fort Mose
- Transfer of Florida
- The Seminole Wars
- Florida's Role in the Civil War: "Supplier of the Confederacy"
- Reconstruction
- Florida's Economy Booms
- Growth of Florida's Railroads
- Spanish-American War for Cuba's Independence
- Florida's Land Boom
- Great Depression and the New Deal
- Florida During World War II
- Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars
- Civil Rights Movement in Florida
The Calusa: "The Shell Indians"
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The Tocobaga Indians of Tampa Bay
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Student activity sheet: Florida map The Tequesta Indians of Biscayne Bay
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Student activity sheet: Florida map The Apalachee of Tallahassee: "Mission Indians"
Ponce de León: Florida's First Spanish Explorer
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Student questions The Misadventures of Pánfilo de Narváez and Nunez de Cabeza de Vaca
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Student activity sheet: Character frame Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France
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Student questions Pedro Menendez de Aviles Claims Florida for Spain
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Student questions Sir Francis Drake
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Student activity sheet: Caribbean map African-Americans Settle in Fort Mose
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Student questions Transfer of Florida
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Student activity sheet: Southeastern U.S. map The Seminole Wars
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Student activity sheet: Florida counties map Florida's Role in the Civil War: "Supplier of the Confederacy"
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Student activity sheet: Florida map Reconstruction
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Student activity sheet: Vocabulary/prediction/confirmation Florida's Economy Booms
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Student activity sheet: KWL Growth of Florida's Railroads
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Student activity sheet: Florida map Spanish-American War for Cuba's Independence
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Student activity sheet: Spanish-American War map Florida's Land Boom
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Florida During World War II
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Student activity sheet: Florida map Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars
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Student questions Civil Rights Movement in Florida
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