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Pedro Menendez Claims Florida

Objectives:

  1. The students will be able to identify how Menendez helped to establish Spanish missions in Florida.
  2. The students will be able to identify how St. Augustine was established by Pedro Menendez.

Sunshine State Standards Benchmarks:

SS.A.1.2.1 - SS.A.2.2.3 - SS.A.3.2.4 - SS.A.4.2.2 - SS.A.6.2.3 - SS.B.1.2.1

Vocabulary:

commissioned mantanzas outposts
treaty staunch convert

Suggested Activities:

  1. Have the students read the article using the SQ3R approach.
  2. Have the students complete a character map on Menendez.
  3. Have the students take a virtual tour of the Castillo de San Marcos in the VR section of this program.
  4. Complete and review FCAT questions.

(Note: Actual FCAT practice passages are wrtten at the students' independent reading level. These Florida History selections are written at the students' instructional reading level. Therefore, students should not be asked to complete the questions until after receiving class instruction on the vocabulary and content of the passage. Students should also read the Florida History selection independently before answering the FCAT questions and be permited to return to the selection for rereading as they answer.)

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