Books and Websites
BOOKS
Recommended for All Students:
• Mission San Luis de Apalachee: A Teacher's Guide (Illustrated)
Recommended for Younger Students:
• Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America by Glennette Tilley Turner
• Archaeologists Dig for Clues! by Kate Duke
• America's Real First Thanksgiving: St. Augustine, Florida, September 8, 1565 by Robyn Gioia
• The Timucua Indians -- A Native American Detective Story by Kelley G. Weitzel
• See more reading options in the "Websites" section below!
Recommended for Older Students:
• The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis by John H. Hann and Bonnie G. McEwan
• Native Americans in Florida Reading List - State Library of Florida
• Spanish Colonial History Reading List - State Library of Florida
WEBSITES
• Florida History - Florida Department of State
• Florida Memory - Photos, documents, maps, audio, video and more from the State Library and Archives of Florida
• St. Augustine: America’s Ancient City - Florida Museum of Natural History
First Colony: Our Spanish Origins - Educator Guide with lessons (pdf)
• La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the America - Historical documents and educational videos
• Spanish Colonial St. Augustine: a Resource for Teachers - University of Florida’s Digital Collections