Learning Resources

Mission San Luis is pleased to offer the following free online experiences to educators and the public:

Craft Activity Instructions

• Beaded Indian Corn Craft
• Cup-&-Ball Toy Craft

Miscellaneous Historical Information

• Guidonian Hand Information

Video Tours of Mission San Luis

• The Apalachee and the Council House
• Spanish Families and the Spanish House
• The Friars and the Church
• The Friary and the Cocina
• Soldiers and the Fort
• The Blacksmith

Virtual Archaeological Site Tours
Archaeological Site Tour videos with our Senior Archaeologist, Jerry Lee

• History and Town Plan of Mission San Luis
• Archaeology of the Council House
• Archaeology of the Spanish Village
• Archaeology of the Franciscan Church
• Archaeology of the Friary
• Archaeology of the Kitchen
• Archaeology of the Military Complex

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

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
• La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the America - Historical documents digitized with the University of South Florida
• Spanish Colonial St. Augustine: a Resource for Teachers - University of Florida’s Digital Collections