SS.1.CG.2.5

Students will imagine being among Juan Ponce de León’s crew when they first landed on the coast of modern-day Florida in this science and civics integrated lesson plan. They will conduct their own expedition to explore a location on campus to observe living things. In the process, students will learn about the first European exploration and naming of the state of Florida as well as the annual celebration that commemorates it on Pascua Florida Day.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will imagine being among Juan Ponce de León’s crew when they first landed on the coast of modern-day Florida in this science and civics integrated lesson plan. Students will use this experience to practice differentiating between living and non-living things. In the process, they will learn about the first European exploration and naming of the state of Florida as well as the annual celebration that commemorates it on Pascua Florida Day.

Type: Lesson Plan

 In this integrated lesson, students will recognize the symbolism of Pascua Florida Day and celebrate flowers by looking at artwork by Georgia O’Keeffe, who became famous painting them.  They will then paint a close-up of a flower of their own using paper, pencil, washable markers, paintbrushes and water.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will create a simple Scratch coding program to explain how Pascua Florida Day is a symbol that represents Florida. Students will choose between provided backgrounds, sprites and write and voice their own narration. Students will use the paint editor tool or previously created images to add to their Scratch project.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will explore information about the history and significance of Pascua Florida Day. After reading about Pascua Florida Day, students and teachers will highlight important information. Students will complete a coding planning sheet and practice creating flowers using a digital paint program. The coding planning sheet and digital artifacts will be used for the future creation of simple coding program using Scratch.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students will identify the job and responsibilities of the governor and write a letter to the current Florida governor.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students will identify and explain some of Florida's state symbols. The will create a Florida state seal including the state motto and write the date of Pascua Florida Day.

Type: Lesson Plan

Learn more about Pascua Florida Day and the explorer Ponce De Leon who gave Florida its name in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about the state and national motto "In God We Trust" in this short video.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Use your imagination to experience what it may have been like to be a member of Ponce de Leon's crew as they arrived on the shores of Florida for the first time.  Make observations and discover the origin of Florida's name in this video.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

This Grade 1 Civics Family Guide provides some ideas and activities to support civics education when at home, out and about, and in the community. The activities provided align to the civics learning benchmarks within Standard 2 at this grade level.

Type: Teaching Idea