Assignments

Vocabulary activities:
//Using the vocabulary we have learned this week in class, complete these activities.//

Follow this link to complete a Discovery of Florida Crossword.

Fill in the Blanks!

Read the passage and answer the questions with your group:

Project ideas:
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 * History of the Castillo de San Marcos
 * History of the Oldest Wooden School House
 * History of the Fountain of Youth site
 * Myth of the Fountain of Youth
 * Indigenous indians
 * Tocobaga
 * Calusa
 * Ais
 * Timucua
 * Tequesta
 * Conquistadors
 * Juan Ponce De Leon
 * Pedro Menendes de Aviles
 * Panfilo de Narvaez
 * St. Augustine
 * First Spanish Period
 * British Rule
 * Second Spanish Period
 * United States Territory
 * Early Statehood
 * Schools in centuries past
 * How Florida was defended

Projects can take any reasonable combination of 1-3 of the following choices (see me for approval!):
 * Diorama
 * Video
 * Original play or reader's theatre
 * PowerPoint
 * PhotoStory
 * Poster
 * Essay
 * Speech
 * Re-enactment
 * Collage
 * Original drawings
 * Flash cards
 * Other ideas you come up with (see me!)

Projects will be graded according to the following rubric:

Multimedia Project : Florida History

 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Content || Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. || Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. || Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. || Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||
 * Oral Presentation || Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. || Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. || Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time. || Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost. ||
 * Permissions || All credits for use of graphics and photos "borrowed" from web pages or scanned from books have been correctly formatted and placed within the project. || All credits for use of graphics and photos "borrowed" from web pages or scanned from books have been placed within the project. || Most credits for use of graphics and photos "borrowed" from web pages or scanned from books and are listed somewhere. || Credits were not given for several graphics "borrowed" from web pages or scanned from books. ||
 * Sources || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format. || Source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format. || Source information collected for graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format. || Very little or no source information was collected. ||
 * Organization || Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. || Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * Originality || Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. || Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. || Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. || Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit. ||