Fort Matanzas National Monument

Educational Group Reservations and Materials

Information for School and Other Group Reservations

The Castillo de San Marcos and its sister park, Fort Matanzas National Monument, both offer special tours for educational groups. These links will describe the reservation system for each park.
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Castillo de San Marcos

  
Fort Matanzas

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Several lesson plans keyed to the Sunshine (Florida) State Education Standards are available to help prepare students and teachers for a visit to St. Augustine and the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments. Some of these are in FCAT format, written for grades 4-5, to help students practice math, reading, and writing skills while studying social studies.

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A school program at the Castillo de San Marcos.

FCAT-style units (primarily grades 4-5)--

The Building of the Castillo de San Marcos
--an overview of when, why, and how the Castillo was built

The Stories of Fort Matanzas
--briefly covers the major themes of the park- the massacre
of the French, the building of the fort, becoming a national monument, and now being a nature preserve

Fort Matanzas--the Little Fort With the Big Job
--an overview of when and why Fort Matanzas was built and how it protected St. Augustine

 

 

 

 

Other Activities (all grades)--

The Defenses of St. Augustine
--a map study unit about the outer and inner defense works and forts of St. Augustine

National Parks--America's Special Places
--a unit to help students discover their National Parks

Vocabulary
--a vocabulary list for teachers and a list and activities for students

Bibliography
--not an activity, but a list of books and web pages about St. Augustine and its forts and conflicts