Florida SS.4.A.1.1
The Standard
Analyze primary and secondary resources to identify significant individuals and events throughout Florida history.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine photographs, letters, maps, diary entries, textbooks, and articles about Florida history. They identify each source type and use details to explain why a person or event mattered.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can identify who created a source, when it was created, and whether it is primary or secondary. They compare sources and support a claim about historical significance with specific evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think any old source is primary or that primary sources are always accurate. They may name a person or event without explaining its importance or citing evidence.
How to Assess It
- Show a 1920s Florida land boom postcard and a paragraph from a modern history book. Ask, “Which is primary, which is secondary, and what does each reveal about the land boom?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs reproductions of Florida photographs, letters, newspaper pages, and textbook passages to sort into primary and secondary source folders.
Ask students to write: Which source best explains why Mary McLeod Bethune mattered in Florida, and what evidence supports your choice?
Play Source Detective: teams earn points for naming a source type, its creator, its date, and one useful detail.
Use a local museum's online archive to find one community artifact and make a caption explaining the person or event it documents.
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