FHC-Produced Websites

Spanish Colonial St. Augustine Website
Provides content and classroom materials pertaining to Florida’s Spanish colonial heritage. The site includes materials on Native American life, early exploration, settlement, missions, Fort Mose, and much more. Everything on this site — artwork, readings, primary sources, etc. — may be reproduced freely for use in schools.

Other FHC-Produced Resources

The World of Florida’s Spanish Colonial Past Poster
This colorful poster booklet, which chronicles Spanish colonial history in Florida in relationship to American history, was created by FHC for use by teachers in the classroom. The 22”x25.5” poster side includes a timeline of Florida history from 1565 to 1821, highlighting major events from the colonial period. The reverse side contains additional information for students to gain a clearer understanding of the Spanish colonial experience in America and frontier life in America’s oldest city, St. Augustine. 

To download a FREE PDF version of The World of Florida’s Spanish Colonial Past poster click below:
For poster in English, click here.
For poster in Spanish, click here.

The Florida Dream Documentary
Produced by FHC and WEDU-TV, The Florida Dream documentary traces the great social, cultural, and economic forces that drove Florida’s rapid growth and change over the past half-century. The film was inspired by the book Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida by USF St. Petersburg historian Gary R. Mormino.  To purchase the Florida Dream DVD, click here.

Recommended Links

The links below represent some of the best professional development sites in the humanities available on the web.

Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops
Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops provide opportunities for K-12 educators to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history. These week-long workshops give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary historical evidence.
http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-school.html

NEH Summer Seminars
NEH summer seminars for school teachers enable fifteen participants per seminar to explore a topic or set of readings with a scholar having special interest and expertise in the field. The core material of the seminar need not relate directly to the school curriculum; the principal goal of the seminar is to engage teachers in scholarly enterprise and to expand and deepen their understanding of the humanities through reading, discussion, writing, and reflection.
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

EDSITEment
EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities. EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The Institute serves teachers, students, scholars, and the general public.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/

Florida Memory: State Archives of Florida
The Florida Memory Project presents a selection of historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, educational resources for students of all ages, and archival collections for historical research.
http://www.floridamemory.com/

American Memory: The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

The National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is a private, nonprofit institution for advanced study in the humanities.  Their programs provide teachers with new materials and instructional strategies to make them more effective in the classroom and rekindle their enthusiasm for the subjects they teach.
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/

Digital History
The Digital History site provides a plethora of resources to teachers in American history including, lesson plans, primary documents, lectures, videos, music, guides for creating multimedia exhibits, and more.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/comments.cfm

University of Central Florida Hurston Archive
The purpose of the University of Central Florida Hurston Archive is to create an academic web site that will provide a repository of biographical, critical, and contextual materials related to Hurston's life and work.
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~zoraneal/