This page lists resources from Florida Memory that support the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards' American History strand. Resource types include exhibits, photo exhibits, collections, and individual documents. Benchmarks are arranged by grade level.
Standard: Industrialization and Emergence of Modern Florida.
SS.4.A.6.3
Describe the contributions of significant individuals to Florida.
Remarks/Examples:
Examples are John Gorrie, Henry Flagler, Henry Plant, Lue Gim Gong, Vincente Martinez Ybor, Julia Tuttle, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thomas Alva Edison, James Weldon Johnson, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
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Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls, which is now Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona, Florida. Includes photographs and the transcript of an interview for an unfinished biography.
Exhibit
SS.4.A.6.4
Describe effects of the Spanish-American War on Florida.
Remarks/Examples:
Examples are Rough Riders, cigar industry.
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Spanish-American War In 1898 national attention focused on Florida as the Spanish-American War began. The port city of Tampa served as the primary staging area for U.S. troops bound for the war in Cuba. The arrival of over 30,000 troops, including Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry unit, changed Tampa from a small town to into a city.
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The Cigar Industry Changes Florida
In the decades after the Civil War, cigar making became one of the most important industries in the southeastern United States.
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Florida Cigars: Artistry, Labor, and Politics in Florida’s Oldest Industry
After the beginning of hostilities between Cuban nationalists and the Spanish colonial government, hundreds of thousands of Cubans left the island. The largest portion of those were from the prosperous class of skilled laborers in the cigar industry, many of whom went directly to Florida.
Photo Exhibit
Standard: Roaring 20's, the Great Depression, and WWII in Florida.
SS.4.A.7.2
Summarize challenges Floridians faced during the Great Depression.
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"Conch Town: A Photographic Exhibit from the Florida Art Project, WPA" Charles Foster, a WPA artist and photographer, created a traveling photographic exhibit photo on the Conchs (Bahamian immigrants) of Riviera Beach, Florida. The WPA's Florida Art Project, also called "Conch Town," was displayed across the state and the nation between 1939 and 1943.
Photo Exhibit
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Migrant Workers During the Great Depression in Florida These images were created by the New Deal program, the Farm Security Administration (originally the Resettlement Administration) in order to document the hardships of farm workers during the Great Depression.
Photo Exhibit
Standard: Contemporary Florida into the 21st Century.
SS.4.A.8.1
Identify Florida's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Remarks/Examples:
Examples are Tallahassee Bus Boycotts and civil disobedience.
Describe the effect of the United States space program on Florida's economy and growth.
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NASA and the Space Program Change Florida The Space Age changed Florida forever, drawing thousands of new workers to the state and transforming Cape Canaveral into a hub of aeronautics, electronics design, and manufacturing.
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NASA Turns 50: Florida's Half Century on the Space Age Frontier
Although Florida, the state of sunshine and beaches, swamps and alligators, was already home to Cold War-era missile sites, the dawn of the space age would bring dramatic changes to the state's economy, landscape, and culture.
Photo Exhibit
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Florida: Moonport USA
This film starts with a wonderful Mercury launch sequence. It shows a thriving aerospace industry in its prime. Viewers see an unsuccessful launch, lots of technology of the day (including transistor pocket radios), and 12 gallons of gas for $3.60. The film shows recreation, educational centers, and corporations and their space-related products. It describes the economic, cultural, and population boom. Viewers see tactical missile launches and astronaut medical test equipment. The film predicts and shows a model of the Vehicle Assembly Building. It shows Miss Baker, the astro-monkey, Pensacola's School of Naval Aviation Medicine, and Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach. It is a tribute to the space program. Produced by Leroy Crooks; sponsored by FDC.
