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| florida state flag history: The New History of Florida Michael Gannon, 2012 The New History of Florida, the first comprehensive history of the state to be written in a quarter of a century, is the culmination of the most recent and significant work from a galaxy of specialists. Each of the 22 chapters, which weave together in one continuous narrative, was written especially for this volume. Their authors present here not only political, economic, military, and religious information but also social history and personal experiences. Endnotes and a bibliography are appended to each chapter. Florida's first inhabitants entered the peninsula and panhandle about 10,000 years ago. The Spaniard Juan Ponce de León stumbled ashore near Melbourne Beach in 1513. He called the place La Florida, the first permanent geographic name of European origin to be etched upon the maps of the American continent. Over three centuries of Spanish and English colonial history followed before the United States acquired Florida in 1821. The first state flag was raised over a new capitol in Tallahassee on May 26, 1845. Written to observe the sesquicentennial of statehood, this work will document the rich history of the Sunshine State for general readers, students, and scholars well into the twenty-first century. Contents Introduction, by Michael Gannon Original Inhabitants, by Jerald T. Milanich First European Contacts, by Michael Gannon Settlement and Survival, by Eugene Lyon Republic of Spaniards, Republic of Indians, by Amy Turner Bushnell The Missions of Spanish Florida, by John H. Hann Raids, Sieges, and International Wars, by Charles W. Arnade Pensacola, 1686-1763, by William S. Coker British Rule in the Floridas, by Robin F. A. Fabel The Second Spanish Period in the Two Floridas, by William S. Coker and Susan R. Parker Free and Slave, by Jane Landers Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples, by John K. Mahon and Brent R. Weisman U.S. Territory and State, by Daniel L. Schafer The Civil War, 1861-1865, by Canter Brown, Jr. Reconstruction and Renewal, 1865-1877, by Jerrell H. Shofner Prelude to the New Florida, 1877-1919, by Samuel Proctor Fortune and Misfortune: The Paradoxical Twenties, by William W. Rogers The Great Depression, by William W. Rogers World War II, by Gary R. Mormino Florida Politics in the Twentieth Century, by David R. Colburn The African American Experience in Twentieth-Century Florida, by Maxine D. Jones From Migration to Multiculturalism: A History of Florida Immigration, by Raymond A. Mohl and George E. Pozzetta The Big Change in the Sunshine State: A Social History of Modern Florida, by Raymond A. Mohl and Gary R. Mormino Michael Gannon, volume editor, is Distinguished Service Professor of History and director of the Institute for Early Contact Period Studies at the University of Florida. He is the author of Rebel Bishop (1964), The Cross in the Sand: The Early Catholic Church in Florida, 1513-1870 (UPF, 1965, 1983), Operation Drumbeat (1990), and the novel Secret Missions (1994); as well as the bestselling Florida: A Short History (UPF, 1993), which won a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History. |
| florida state flag history: The History of Florida Michael Gannon, 2018-06-26 This is the heralded “definitive history” of Florida. No other book so fully or accurately captures the highs and lows, the grandeur and the craziness, the horrors and the glories of the past 500 years in the Land of Sunshine. Twenty-three leading historians, assembled by renowned scholar Michael Gannon, offer a wealth of perspectives and expertise to create a comprehensive, balanced view of Florida’s sweeping story. The chapters cover such diverse topics as the maritime heritage of Florida, the exploits of the state’s first developers, the astounding population boom of the twentieth century, and the environmental changes that threaten the future of Florida’s beautiful wetlands. Celebrating Florida’s role at the center of important historical movements, from the earliest colonial interactions in North America to the nation’s social and political climate today, The History of Florida is an invaluable resource on the complex past of this dynamic state. Contributors: Charles W. Arnade | Canter Brown Jr. | Amy Turner Bushnell | David R. Colburn | William S. Coker | Amy Mitchell-Cook | Jack E. Davis | Robin F. A. Fabel | Michael Gannon | Thomas Graham | John H. Hann | Dr Della Scott-Ireton | Maxine D. Jones | Jane Landers | Eugene Lyon | John K. Mahon | Jerald T. Milanich | Raymond A. Mohl | Gary R. Mormino | Susan Richbourg Parker | George E. Pozzetta | Samuel Proctor | William W. Rogers | Daniel L. Schafer | Jerrell H. Shofner | Dr. Robert A. Taylor | Brent R. Weisman |
| florida state flag history: A Florida State of Mind James D. Wright, 2019-04-30 A witty history of the state that's always in the news, for everything from alligator attacks to zany crimes. There's an old clip of Bugs Bunny sawing the entire state of Florida off the continent—and every single time a news story springs up about some shenanigans in Florida, someone on the internet posts it in response. Why are we so ready to wave goodbye to the Sunshine State? In A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State, James D. Wright makes the case that there are plenty of reasons to be scandalized by the land and its sometimes-kooky, sometimes-terrifying denizens, but there's also plenty of room for hilarity. Florida didn't just become weird; it's built that way. Uncharted swampland doesn't easily give way to sprawling suburbia. It took violent colonization, land scams to trick non-Floridians into buying undeveloped property, and the development of railroads to benefit one man's hotel empire. Even the most natural parts of Florida are unnatural. Florida citrus? Not from here, but from China. Gators? Oh, they're from Florida all right, but that doesn't make having 1 per every 20 humans normal. Animals...in the form of roadkill? Only Florida allows you to keep anything you kill on the road (and anything you find). Yet everyone loves Florida: tourists come in droves, and people relocate to Florida constantly (only 36% of residents were born there). Crammed with unforgettable stories and facts, Florida will show readers exactly why. |
| florida state flag history: The Confederate Battle Flag John M. COSKI, 2009-06-30 In recent years, the Confederate flag has become as much a news item as a Civil War relic. Intense public debates have erupted over Confederate flags flying atop state capitols, being incorporated into state flags, waving from dormitory windows, or adorning the T-shirts and jeans of public school children. To some, this piece of cloth is a symbol of white supremacy and enduring racial injustice; to others, it represents a rich Southern heritage and an essential link to a glorious past. Polarizing Americans, these flag wars reveal the profound--and still unhealed--schisms that have plagued the country since the Civil War. The Confederate Battle Flag is the first comprehensive history of this contested symbol. Transcending conventional partisanship, John Coski reveals the flag's origins as one of many banners unfurled on the battlefields of the Civil War. He shows how it emerged as the preeminent representation of the Confederacy and was transformed into a cultural icon from Reconstruction on, becoming an aggressively racist symbol only after World War II and during the Civil Rights movement. We gain unique insight into the fine line between the flag's use as a historical emblem and as an invocation of the Confederate nation and all it stood for. Pursuing the flag's conflicting meanings, Coski suggests how this provocative artifact, which has been viewed with pride, fear, anger, nostalgia, and disgust, might ultimately provide Americans with the common ground of a shared and complex history. |
| florida state flag history: Florida in the Civil War Lewis Nicholas Wynne, Robert A. Taylor, 2003 Documents in words and pictures the triumphs and tragedies faced by Florida and Floridians during the Civil War. |
| florida state flag history: Oh, Florida! Craig Pittman, 2016-07-05 A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union. |
| florida state flag history: A Concise History of Florida James C. Clark, 2014-09-23 A quick overview of the Sunshine State’s fascinating past, with photos and illustrations included. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first set foot on Florida’s east coast. The land he discovered was a geographic anomaly so distinctive that one day, centuries later, astronaut Neil Armstrong would say that Florida was the first shape on earth he recognized on his return from a visit to the moon. This unique state has witnessed such momentous events as the 1959 arrival of the first Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro and the 1981 launch of the Columbia—the first space shuttle. Join historian James C. Clark as he chronicles the surprising history of the Sunshine State in this concise and captivating book. |
| florida state flag history: Finding Florida T. D. Allman, 2013-03-05 Offers a comprehensive look at the history of the state of Florida, from its discovery, exploration, and settlement through its becoming a state, to notable events in the early twenty-first century. |
| florida state flag history: Florida Under Five Flags Rembert Wallace Patrick, 1945 |
| florida state flag history: Flag Marc Leepson, 2007-04-01 Flag: An American Biography is a vivid narrative that uncovers little-known facts and sheds new light on the more than 200-year history of the American flag. The thirteen-stripe, fifty-star flag is as familiar an American icon as any that has existed in the nation's history. Yet the history of the flag, especially its origins, is cloaked in myth and misinformation. Flag: An American Biography rectifies that situation by presenting a lively, comprehensive, illuminating look at the history of the American flag from its beginnings to today. Journalist and historian Marc Leepson uncovers scores of little-known, fascinating facts as he traces the evolution of the American flag from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. Flag sifts through the historical evidence to--among many other things--uncover the truth behind the Betsy Ross myth and to discover the true designer of the Stars and Stripes. It details the many colorful and influential Americans who shaped the history of the flag. Flag, as the novelist Nelson DeMille says in his preface, is not a book with an agenda or a subjective point of view. It is an objective history of the American flag, well researched, well presented, easy to read and understand, and very informative and entertaining. Our love for the flag may be incomprehensible to others, but at least we now have a comprehensive guide to its unfolding.--The Wall Street Journal |
| florida state flag history: The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told Seth H. Bramson, 2011-11-01 All aboard for the history of one of the most audacious and innovative railroad engineering feats in history from the celebrated Floridian author. Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to “the nearest deepwater American port.” In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in United States, and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler’s fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs. Includes photos |
| florida state flag history: Growth Management in Florida Harrison T. Higgins, Dr Timothy S Chapin, Mr Charles E Connerly, 2012-11-28 Despite its historical significance and its state-mandated comprehensive planning approach, the Florida growth management experiment has received only piecemeal attention from researchers. Drawing together contributions from national experts on land use planning and growth management, this volume assesses the outcomes of Florida’s approach for managing growth. As Florida’s approach is the most detailed system for managing growth in the United States, this book will be of great value to planners. The strengths and weaknesses of the state’s approach are identified, providing insights into how to manage land use change in a state continuously inundated by growth. In evaluating the successes and failures of the Florida approach, planners and policy makers will gain insights into how to successfully implement growth management policies at both the state and local level. |
| florida state flag history: Racist Symbols and Reparations George Schedler, 1998 In this fascinating book, George Schedler offers fresh moral and legal perspectives on two legacies of the Civil War: the adoption of the Confederate battle flag by Southern states and the question of African American reparations. Schedler demonstrates that constitutional objections to Southern states' display of the battle flag are without merit, arguing that either the flag is not a racist symbol or there is a similar case for attaching racist significance to the stars and stripes. Drawing on scholarship of the Civil War and its aftermath, the author concludes that the Confederate battle flag can actually be seen as a multicultural symbol. Schedler's analysis of reparations focuses on the principle that whatever the enslaved would have earned and enjoyed had they not been enslaved should determine compensation. Highly original and thought-provoking, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the Civil War, moral philosophy, and constitutional law. |
| florida state flag history: Florida Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin, 2004-11-29 Winner of the 2005 Klinger Book Award Presented by The Society for Economic Botany. Florida Ethnobotany provides a cross-cultural examination of how the states native plants have been used by its various peoples. This compilation includes common names of plants in their historical sequence, weaving together what was formerly esoteri |
| florida state flag history: Asian Business Customs & Manners Mary Murray Bosrock, 2010-03-02 Finally, here is a guide that covers all of the dos and don’ts of business etiquette in Asia. Asian Business Customs & Manners is organized country-by-country, this comprehensive guide contains information on every situation you’ll encounter, including business practices and attitudes, meetings, negotiations, meals, punctuality, language, gestures, tipping, manners, gifts, and everything in between. It contains all the information you need to present yourself well and get the job done – whatever it might be. This book won the Independent Book Publisher’s Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Business in 2008. This is a guide that covers all the dos and don’ts of business etiquette in Asia. Organized country by country, this comprehensive guide contains information on every situation you’ll encounter, including business practices and attitudes, meetings, negotiations, meals, punctuality, language, gestures, tipping, manners, gifts, and everything in between. It contains all the information you need to present yourself well and get the job done … whatever it might be. This book provides guidance about how to successfully negotiate your way through Asian business situations generally, as well as specific information about doing business in: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand. This book won the Independent Book Publisher’s Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Business in 2008. |
| florida state flag history: American City Flags John M. Purcell, 2003 City flags in the United States display a broad range of history, symbolism, and usage. The flag-studies experts of North America have produced the first comprehensive work on the subject, documenting municipal flags from the largest 100 U.S. cities, all 50 state capitals, and at least two cities in each state.The 400-page book has an article on each city and over 250 gray-scale illustrations and 146 in-text full-color illustrations. Each article describes in detail the flag?s design, adoption date, proportions, symbolism, selection, designer, and predecessors. See more at www.nava.org |
| florida state flag history: The Story of The West Florida Rebellion Stanley C Arthur, 1975-05 That section of Louisiana east of the MlsslS1Slppl rl\'er, south of the M issis'3!ppl state line, north of lakes Pontchartraln and Maurepas, extending to the Pearl River, which Includes the parishes of West Feliciana, East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, St. Helena, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, and St. Tammany-a territory once called the County of Feliciana, Is known today by. many as the Florida Parishes. It was the westernmost section of a land that was known for nearly half a century (1763-1810) as West Florida and over It flags of two European kingdoms flew, the Union Jack of England for 16 years, and the banner of Spain for 31 years. On the soil of this fruitful southern land was enacted one of the most spectacular events In Louisiana's colorful history, For the space of 74 days this part of the present state was a. free and Independent nation, with Its own governing officials, Its own army, Its own navy, lts own flag, Its own declaration of Independence. To secure this daring, It short-lived freedom, liberty loving Anglo-Saxon Inhabitants, many British to the backbone, literally fashioned their plowshares Into swords and, at the point of these weapons, captured a fort by force and beat down the defenders, to throw off the shackles of a hated European despotism. |
| florida state flag history: Dixie's Daughters Karen L. Cox, 2019-02-04 Wall Street Journal’s Five Best Books on the Confederates’ Lost Cause Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize Even without the right to vote, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have enormous social and political influence throughout the South—all in the name of preserving Confederate culture. Karen Cox traces the history of the UDC, an organization founded in 1894 to vindicate the Confederate generation and honor the Lost Cause. In this edition, with a new preface, Cox acknowledges the deadly riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, showing why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure. The Daughters, as UDC members were popularly known, were daughters of the Confederate generation. While southern women had long been leaders in efforts to memorialize the Confederacy, UDC members made the Lost Cause a movement about vindication as well as memorialization. They erected monuments, monitored history for truthfulness, and sought to educate coming generations of white southerners about an idyllic past and a just cause—states' rights. Soldiers' and widows' homes, perpetuation of the mythology of the antebellum South, and pro-southern textbooks in the region's white public schools were all integral to their mission of creating the New South in the image of the Old. UDC members aspired to transform military defeat into a political and cultural victory, in which states' rights and white supremacy remained intact. To the extent they were successful, the Daughters helped to preserve and perpetuate an agenda for the New South that included maintaining the social status quo. Placing the organization's activities in the context of the postwar and Progressive-Era South, Cox describes in detail the UDC's origins and early development, its efforts to collect and preserve manuscripts and artifacts and to build monuments, and its later role in the peace movement and World War I. This remarkable history of the organization presents a portrait of two generations of southern women whose efforts helped shape the social and political culture of the New South. It also offers a new historical perspective on the subject of Confederate memory and the role southern women played in its development. |
| florida state flag history: Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids Lu Vickers, Sara Dionne, 2007 Provides an entertaining history of one of Florida's oldest roadside attractions, Weeki Wachee Spring and its performing mermaids, that ranges from its development in 1947 to the present day, bringing together extensive archival research and interviews with dozens of mermaids and other park employees with 250 black-and-white and color photographs. |
| florida state flag history: Cold War in South Florida Steve Hach, 2004 |
| florida state flag history: History of the Flag of the United States of America George Henry Preble, 1894 |
| florida state flag history: Atlantic Loyalties Francis Andrew McMichael, 2008-01-01 Integrating social, cultural, economic, and political history, this is a study of the factors that grounded--or swayed--the loyalties of non-Spaniards living under Spanish rule on the southern frontier. In particular, Andrew McMichael looks at the colonial Spanish administration’s attitude toward resident Americans. The Spanish borderlands systems of slavery and land ownership, McMichael shows, used an efficient system of land distribution and government patronage that engendered loyalty and withstood a series of conflicts that tested, but did not shatter, residents’ allegiance. McMichael focuses on the Baton Rouge district of Spanish West Florida from 1785 through 1810, analyzing why resident Anglo-Americans, who had maintained a high degree of loyalty to the Spanish Crown through 1809, rebelled in 1810. The book contextualizes the 1810 rebellion, and by extension the southern frontier, within the broader Atlantic World, showing how both local factors as well as events in Europe affected lives in the Spanish borderlands. Breaking with traditional scholarship, McMichael examines contests over land and slaves as a determinant of loyalty. He draws on Spanish, French, and Anglo records to challenge scholarship that asserts a particularly “American” loyalty on the frontier whereby Anglo-American residents in West Florida, as disaffected subjects of the Spanish Crown, patiently abided until they could overthrow an alien system. Rather, it was political, social, and cultural conflicts--not nationalist ideology--that disrupted networks by which economic prosperity was gained and thus loyalty retained. |
| florida state flag history: Memoirs of the American Revolution William Moultrie, 1802 |
| florida state flag history: History of Florida Harry Gardner Cutler, 1923 |
| florida state flag history: Away Down South James C. Cobb, 2005-10-01 From the seventeenth century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and today's conflicts over the Confederate flag, here is a brilliant portrait of southern identity, served in an engaging blend of history, literature, and popular culture. In this insightful book, written with dry wit and sharp insight, James C. Cobb explains how the South first came to be seen--and then came to see itself--as a region apart from the rest of America. As Cobb demonstrates, the legend of the aristocratic Cavalier origins of southern planter society was nurtured by both northern and southern writers, only to be challenged by abolitionist critics, black and white. After the Civil War, defeated and embittered southern whites incorporated the Cavalier myth into the cult of the Lost Cause, which supplied the emotional energy for their determined crusade to rejoin the Union on their own terms. After World War I, white writers like Ellen Glasgow, William Faulkner and other key figures of Southern Renaissance as well as their African American counterparts in the Harlem Renaissance--Cobb is the first to show the strong links between the two movements--challenged the New South creed by asking how the grandiose vision of the South's past could be reconciled with the dismal reality of its present. The Southern self-image underwent another sea change in the wake of the Civil Rights movement, when the end of white supremacy shook the old definition of the Southern way of life--but at the same time, African Americans began to examine their southern roots more openly and embrace their regional, as well as racial, identity. As the millennium turned, the South confronted a new identity crisis brought on by global homogenization: if Southern culture is everywhere, has the New South become the No South? Here then is a major work by one of America's finest Southern historians, a magisterial synthesis that combines rich scholarship with provocative new insights into what the South means to southerners and to America as well. |
| florida state flag history: The Modern Republican Party in Florida Peter Dunbar, Mike Haridopolos, 2019-11-05 Despite Florida's current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against a Democratic powerhouse. This book tells the story of how the Republican Party of Florida became the influential force it is today. Republicans briefly came to power in Florida after the Civil War but were called carpetbaggers and scalawags by residents who resented pro-Union leadership. They were so unpopular that they didn't earn official party status in the state until 1928. Peter Dunbar and Mike Haridopolos show how, due largely to a population boom in the state and a schism in the Democratic Party, Republicans slowly started to see their ranks swell. This book chronicles the paths that led to a Republican majority in both the state Senate and House in the second half of the twentieth century and highlights successful campaigns of Florida Republicans for national positions. It explores the platforms and impact of Republican governors from Claude Kirk to Ron DeSantis. It also looks at how a robust two-party system opened up political opportunities for women and minorities and how Republicans affected pressing issues such as public education, environmental preservation, and criminal justice. As the Sunshine State enters its third decade under GOP control and partisan tensions continue to mount across the country, this book provides a timely history of the modern political era in Florida and a careful analysis of challenges the Republican Party faces in a state situated at the epicenter of the nation's politics. |
| florida state flag history: Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags Richard L. Hume, Jerry B. Gough, 2008-10 After the Civil War, Congress required ten former Confederate states to rewrite their constitutions before they could be readmitted to the Union. An electorate composed of newly enfranchised former slaves, native southern whites (minus significant numbers of disenfranchised former Confederate officials), and a small contingent of carpetbaggers, or outside whites, sent delegates to ten constitutional conventions. Derogatorily labeled black and tan by their detractors, these assemblies wrote constitutions and submitted them to Congress and to the voters in their respective states for approval. Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags offers a quantitative study of these decisive but little-understood assemblies -- the first elected bodies in the United States to include a significant number of blacks. Richard L. Hume and Jerry B. Gough scoured manuscript census returns to determine the age, occupation, property holdings, literacy, and slaveholdings of 839 of the conventions' 1,018 delegates. Carefully analyzing convention voting records on certain issues -- including race, suffrage, and government structure -- they correlate delegates' voting patterns with their racial and socioeconomic status. The authors then assign a Republican support score to each delegate who voted often enough to count, establishing the degree to which each delegate adhered to the Republican leaders' program at his convention. Using these scores, they divide the delegates into three groups -- radicals, swing voters, and conservatives -- and incorporate their quantitative findings into the narrative histories of each convention, providing, for the first time, a detailed analysis of these long-overlooked assemblies. Hume and Gough's comprehensive study offers an objective look at the accomplishments and shortcomings of the conventions and humanizes the delegates who have until now been understood largely as stereotypes. Blacks, Carpetbaggers, and Scalawags provides an essential reference guide for anyone seeking a better understanding of the Reconstruction era. |
| florida state flag history: Florida Lauren Groff, 2018-06-05 'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel 'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian 'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett 'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' Observer In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury. 'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist 'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times |
| florida state flag history: Exploring Florida Through Project-Based Learning Carole Marsh, 2016-06-01 Exploring Florida through Project-Based Leaning includes 50 well-thought-out projects designed for grades 3-5. In assigning your students projects that dig into FloridaÕs geography, history, government, economy, current events, and famous people, you will deepen their appreciation and understanding of Florida while simultaneously improving their analytical skills and ability to recognize patterns and big-picture themes. Project-based learning today is much different than the craft-heavy classroom activities popular in the past. Inquiry, planning, research, collaboration, and analysis are key components of project-based learning activities today. However, that doesnÕt mean creativity, individual expression, and fun are out. They definitely arenÕt! Each project is designed to help students gain important knowledge and skills that are derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic subject areas. Students are asked to analyze and solve problems, to gather and interpret data, to develop and evaluate solutions, to support their answers with evidence, to think critically in a sustained way, and to use their newfound knowledge to formulate new questions worthy of exploring. While some projects are more complex and take longer than others, they all are set up in the same structure. Each begins with the central project-driving questions, proceeds through research and supportive questions, has the student choose a presentation option, and ends with a broader-view inquiry. Rubrics for reflection and assessments are included, too. This consistent framework will make it easier for you assign projects and for your students to follow along and consistently meet expectations. Encourage your students to take charge of their projects as much as possible. As a teacher, you can act as a facilitator and guide. The projects are structured such that students can often work through the process on their own or through cooperation with their classmates. |
| florida state flag history: The Bicentennial of the United States of America American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 1977 |
| florida state flag history: Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South J. Michael Martinez, William D. Richardson, Ronald L. Mcninch-Su, 2017-10-15 A timely collection of essays examining the controversy surrounding the use & display of Confederate symbols in the modern South. |
| florida state flag history: Best. State. Ever. Dave Barry, 2017-09-05 A New York Times bestseller—a brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, “What the hell is wrong with Florida?” Somehow, the state's acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Join him as he goes in hunt of the legendary Skunk Ape; hobnobs with the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs; and visits Cassadaga, the psychic capital of the world, to have his dog's aura read (apparently, she's very spiritual). Hitch a ride for the non-stop thrills of alligator-wrestling (the gators display the same fighting spirit as a Barcalounger), the hair-raising spectacle of a clothing-optional bar in Key West, and the manly manliness of the Machine Gun Experience in Miami. It's the most hilarious book yet from “the funniest damn writer in the whole country” (Carl Hiaasen, and he should know). By the end, you'll have to admit that whatever else you might think about Florida—you can never say it's boring. |
| florida state flag history: A Florida State of Mind James D. Wright, 2019-04-30 A witty history of the state that's always in the news, for everything from alligator attacks to zany crimes. There's an old clip of Bugs Bunny sawing the entire state of Florida off the continent—and every single time a news story springs up about some shenanigans in Florida, someone on the internet posts it in response. Why are we so ready to wave goodbye to the Sunshine State? In A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State, James D. Wright makes the case that there are plenty of reasons to be scandalized by the land and its sometimes-kooky, sometimes-terrifying denizens, but there's also plenty of room for hilarity. Florida didn't just become weird; it's built that way. Uncharted swampland doesn't easily give way to sprawling suburbia. It took violent colonization, land scams to trick non-Floridians into buying undeveloped property, and the development of railroads to benefit one man's hotel empire. Even the most natural parts of Florida are unnatural. Florida citrus? Not from here, but from China. Gators? Oh, they're from Florida all right, but that doesn't make having 1 per every 20 humans normal. Animals...in the form of roadkill? Only Florida allows you to keep anything you kill on the road (and anything you find). Yet everyone loves Florida: tourists come in droves, and people relocate to Florida constantly (only 36% of residents were born there). Crammed with unforgettable stories and facts, Florida will show readers exactly why. |
| florida state flag history: Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States John Joseph Lalor, 1883 |
| florida state flag history: The Threat of Pandemic Influenza Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, 2005-04-09 Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable. Moreover, recent problems with the availability and strain-specificity of vaccine for annual flu epidemics in some countries and the rise of pandemic strains of avian flu in disparate geographic regions have alarmed experts about the world's ability to prevent or contain a human pandemic. The workshop summary, The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? addresses these urgent concerns. The report describes what steps the United States and other countries have taken thus far to prepare for the next outbreak of killer flu. It also looks at gaps in readiness, including hospitals' inability to absorb a surge of patients and many nations' incapacity to monitor and detect flu outbreaks. The report points to the need for international agreements to share flu vaccine and antiviral stockpiles to ensure that the 88 percent of nations that cannot manufacture or stockpile these products have access to them. It chronicles the toll of the H5N1 strain of avian flu currently circulating among poultry in many parts of Asia, which now accounts for the culling of millions of birds and the death of at least 50 persons. And it compares the costs of preparations with the costs of illness and death that could arise during an outbreak. |
| florida state flag history: The Flags of the Confederacy Devereaux D. Cannon, 1994 Flags that represented the Southern nation between 1861 and 1865 and the history of national, state, and military flags. |
| florida state flag history: Good Flag, Bad Flag Ted Kaye, 2006-01-01 |
| florida state flag history: Flags of the Fifty States and Their Incredible Histories Randy Howe, 2002 Historic reference and pictorial guide to the history of the fifty states. |
| florida state flag history: The Florida Historical Quarterly , 1927 |
Florida Historical Quarterly - University of Central Florida
The first flag of the State of Florida was flown for the first and, so far as is known, for the last time on June 25, 1845.
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Thus, the single star represented the state of Florida’s separation and independence from the United States. Confederate national flag adopted 6 months earlier. However, the blue canton …
The Flags of Florida History - University of South Florida
Many flags have flown over Florida since Juan Ponce de Leon landed in 1513. Among these have been the flags of five sovereign nations: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and …
Exploring Florida - Museum of Florida History
These meticulously researched works of art are intended to inspire House members with images of Florida’s history and natural beauty. Eight of the paintings represent diferent eras in state …
FPEA DAY AT THE CAPITOL
Florida State Flag The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the …
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
Are the red bars found on Florida’s state flag a remnant of early-twentieth-century nostalgia for the Confederacy? Who first proposed this design and why? What did this change mean to the …
Florida - eagleleadership.org
Florida Reminiscent of Alabama's State Flag and the red "X" of the Confederate States of America, the Florida State Flag displays two diagonal red bars on a white field. The official …
FLORIDA’S STATE SYMBOLS - Florida Atlantic University
Play: Cross and Sword was designated as the state play, depicting the story of the Spanish colonization of the nation’s first city, St. Augustine. Source: Florida Department of State ( …
Cocoa and Cabbage: Two Palms Vie to Officially Represent the …
possibly more than even the state flag, symbolizes Florida offi-cialdom. Just as the state seal, which appears on the state flag, is the official symbol of Florida, the unofficial icon of the state …
THE FLORIDA FLAG INITIATIVE
sovereign State of Florida from government and business, to private citizens to proudly display our state flag. The U.S. flag can be flown over Federal buildings, Post Offices and military …
The Flags of the State of Florida - JSTOR
THE FLAGS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA by DOROTHY DODD The first flag of the State of Florida was flown for the first and, so far as is known, for the last time on June 25, 1845. The …
THE RISTO RY OF FLORIDA LESSON PLANS - pbchistory.org
Sep 3, 2021 · 1. Students read pages 1-4 of The History of Florida and highlight the different explorers significant to Florida and the countries for which they were exploring. 2.Using the …
Florida’s State Academic Standards – Social Studies, 2023
• Students will discuss how to show respect for the American flag (e.g., how to properly display and dispose of the American flag). • Students will discuss how to demonstrate patriotism …
FLORIDA LICENSE PL ATES - Florida Highway Safety and …
Nov 30, 2022 · STATE • FLORIDA• M -FLORIDA • liZII SAMPL SUNSHINE STATE • BHD • F' ORICA• -LOAIOA • *00 -• FLORIDA • VOL FIRE -0 FORMER LITARY VEHICt.E • …
EIGHT FLAGS OF HISTORY & MORE - Amelia Island
Amelia Island’s backstory is the stuff of legends. Its colorful past stretches back more than 4,000 years in a tumultuous timeline of early Timucuans, European explorers, and a dizzying mix of …
History of Florida State University
Florida State University, one of the largest and oldest of the twelve institutions of higher learning in the State University System of Florida, had its beginnings as early as 1823 when the …
Display of United States, State of Florida, and UCF Flags
A combination of custom and law governs the use of federal and state flags. UCF’s policy is to ensure that flags on UCF campuses are displayed in accordance with all laws and with …
Flags of Fort Sumter v - NPS History
Although the Confederate Congress never officially approved this flag, it was first used in March 1861. The stars represent the first seven states that seceeded from the Union: South Carolina, …
FLORIDA’S STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS SOCIAL STUDIES …
• Flag education, including proper flag display and salute. • The elements of civil government, including the primary functions of and interrelationships between the Federal Government, the …
Symbols of Florida - University of South Florida
Between 1868 and 1900, Florida’s state flag consisted of a white field with the state seal in the center. During the late 1890s, Governor Francis Fleming suggested that a red cross be added, …
Florida Historical Quarterly - University of Central Florida
The first flag of the State of Florida was flown for the first and, so far as is known, for the last time on June 25, 1845.
Also known as the “Stars and Bars” the length. However, these ...
Thus, the single star represented the state of Florida’s separation and independence from the United States. Confederate national flag adopted 6 months earlier. However, the blue canton …
The Flags of Florida History - University of South Florida
Many flags have flown over Florida since Juan Ponce de Leon landed in 1513. Among these have been the flags of five sovereign nations: Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and …
Exploring Florida - Museum of Florida History
These meticulously researched works of art are intended to inspire House members with images of Florida’s history and natural beauty. Eight of the paintings represent diferent eras in state …
FPEA DAY AT THE CAPITOL
Florida State Flag The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the …
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
Are the red bars found on Florida’s state flag a remnant of early-twentieth-century nostalgia for the Confederacy? Who first proposed this design and why? What did this change mean to the …
Florida - eagleleadership.org
Florida Reminiscent of Alabama's State Flag and the red "X" of the Confederate States of America, the Florida State Flag displays two diagonal red bars on a white field. The official …
FLORIDA’S STATE SYMBOLS - Florida Atlantic University
Play: Cross and Sword was designated as the state play, depicting the story of the Spanish colonization of the nation’s first city, St. Augustine. Source: Florida Department of State ( …
Cocoa and Cabbage: Two Palms Vie to Officially Represent the …
possibly more than even the state flag, symbolizes Florida offi-cialdom. Just as the state seal, which appears on the state flag, is the official symbol of Florida, the unofficial icon of the state …
THE FLORIDA FLAG INITIATIVE
sovereign State of Florida from government and business, to private citizens to proudly display our state flag. The U.S. flag can be flown over Federal buildings, Post Offices and military …
The Flags of the State of Florida - JSTOR
THE FLAGS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA by DOROTHY DODD The first flag of the State of Florida was flown for the first and, so far as is known, for the last time on June 25, 1845. The …
THE RISTO RY OF FLORIDA LESSON PLANS - pbchistory.org
Sep 3, 2021 · 1. Students read pages 1-4 of The History of Florida and highlight the different explorers significant to Florida and the countries for which they were exploring. 2.Using the …
Florida’s State Academic Standards – Social Studies, 2023
• Students will discuss how to show respect for the American flag (e.g., how to properly display and dispose of the American flag). • Students will discuss how to demonstrate patriotism …
FLORIDA LICENSE PL ATES - Florida Highway Safety and …
Nov 30, 2022 · STATE • FLORIDA• M -FLORIDA • liZII SAMPL SUNSHINE STATE • BHD • F' ORICA• -LOAIOA • *00 -• FLORIDA • VOL FIRE -0 FORMER LITARY VEHICt.E • …
EIGHT FLAGS OF HISTORY & MORE - Amelia Island
Amelia Island’s backstory is the stuff of legends. Its colorful past stretches back more than 4,000 years in a tumultuous timeline of early Timucuans, European explorers, and a dizzying mix of …
History of Florida State University
Florida State University, one of the largest and oldest of the twelve institutions of higher learning in the State University System of Florida, had its beginnings as early as 1823 when the …
Display of United States, State of Florida, and UCF Flags
A combination of custom and law governs the use of federal and state flags. UCF’s policy is to ensure that flags on UCF campuses are displayed in accordance with all laws and with …
Flags of Fort Sumter v - NPS History
Although the Confederate Congress never officially approved this flag, it was first used in March 1861. The stars represent the first seven states that seceeded from the Union: South Carolina, …
FLORIDA’S STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS SOCIAL STUDIES …
• Flag education, including proper flag display and salute. • The elements of civil government, including the primary functions of and interrelationships between the Federal Government, the …
