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Summary: This interactive website allows students and teachers to tour the Castillo de San Marcos of St. Augustine and learn about its structure, parts, and its relation to events in the country over time. The “A Trip Through Time” link allows the user to input a time or decade and read about the occurrences and uses of the fort in that time. The “Parts of the Fort” link allows students to read about the different sections of Castillo de San Marcos and use virtual binoculars to see real photographs about that part. Overall, this website would be a valuable tool, especially for ELLs, because of the abundance of visuals provided and the easy navigation around the site. If a computer lab is not available for students to explore individually, this may be a useful accompaniment to a lesson on the fort using a projector connected to a computer for display. ======

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Summary: This website provides excellent activities for students all related to St. Augustine. One document, that is downloadable in PDF format, can be used as a supplement throughout the unit lesson plan, and then on Friday for the field trip to St. Augustine. Students may complete the activities, such as the word Sudoku, word search, and crossword puzzle (which all contain words such as fort, Ponce de Leon, Indians, etc. all relating to the St. Augustine theme) when they finish other assignments during class. The “St. Augustine Tour Picture Search” would be an educational and engaging activity for students during the field trip because it would allow them to remember all the places they visited along with the visual in the worksheet. There is also an illustrated map with all the “Old Town Trolley” stops on it. Students can click links to learn more about each stop or read a brief summary of the history of each stop, as well as look at a greater Old St. Augustine map (perhaps that could be used to promote/teach map skills). ======

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This site would be a tremendoussupplement for research or teaching on any social studies unit. Users can search based on age level of the information they are seeking, whether Student Encyclopedia (ages 11 and up) or Children’s Encyclopedia (ages 8-11). Specifically for St. Augustine and early explorers, basic searches on locations, sites, and explorers can be conducted providing historical reliable information, as well as other websites for additional study. The texts are presented in an age-appropriate manner with an online dictionary and atlas easily available on another link. With subscription, teachers and parents have access to even more resources in other subjects, such as English, Math, and Science. ======

1. Christopher Columbus Timeline [] This website gives a very detailed, specific timeline of Christopher Columbus’ life. It tells when he was born, where he was born, and who his parents were. It states when and who he married. It tells the details of his voyage from September to January. This website has a great timeline that tells a lot of details of Christopher Columbus’ life.
 * Courtney's Internet Search **

2. Interactive Virtual Tours of St. Augustine [] This website is a very cool way to see St. Augustine. It has a virtual tour of St. George St., around the central plaza, the Flagler buildings, the oldest house, and Castillo de San Marcos. If the school can’t go on a field trip to St. Augustine, this website would be a great way to show students the fort and engage them in learning about it. When you click on each part of the fort, it gives students information about that part of the fort.

3. Juan Ponce de Leon [] This website is interesting because it tells about the grace of Juan Ponce de Leon. I think boys would specifically be interested in this site, but it will appeal to all students. It gives a “memorial speech” as to what Juan Ponce de Leon is remembered for. It talks about his life and how he became an explorer. It tells of several expeditions he went on and what he accomplished on those expeditions. Then, the website gives pictures of the church where his body is and the gravesite.

Jessica's Internet Search
[]: **Kids Past. Com** This website was very kid friendly. It offered a variety of activities such as fun games, historical facts and quotes spoken by famous people of the past. There is also a small paragraph that discusses some highlight of Ponce De Leon’s history. The paragraph only hits on major themes and ideas which causes students to feel less overwhelmed by a plethora of knowledge. []: **The Free Resource** This website was more geared for the teacher to use and glean ideas off of. It provided a brief summary of Ponce De Leon, sample questions that can be used to assess pre and post knowledge as well as an excellent time line that can be modified to create your own time line in the classroom. This site also lists several additional resources such as a sample lesson plan and additional websites that offer more information on Ponce De Leon. [] : **Enchanted Learning** This is another kid friendly site. It offers large text that is easy to read and a map of Ponce De Leon’s route. The site provided a brief history of Ponce De Leon and how he came to discover and name Florida. The site also provided glossary where students can look up certain exploration vocabulary words.

Sarah's Internet Search
Old City.com, Connecting St. Augustine to the World [] -This website provides an overview of the foundation of the city of St. Augustine. It is clear, precise, and to the point; it is a great tool for an online scavenger hunt for students. There is not too much text, but it succeeds in telling the history of St. Augustine.

National Park Service: Explorers and Settlers [] -This website contains some pictures of early St. Augustine, which are great artifacts for students to view. It explains much about Pedro Menendez de Aviles, the explorer who founded St. Augustine. A great part of this website is the explanation of some of the houses and buildings from the foundation of the city.

Florida Division of Historical Resources [] -This website overviews Florida’s history, from the very beginning up until the present. It highlights the explorers who founded “La Florida” and explains what they have done. It is great because this website is specifically for kids, so everything is explained in an understandable manner.