• Fort Matanzas

    Fort Matanzas

    National Monument Florida

For Teachers

A park interpreter presents a program for school children at Fort Matanzas National Monument.

NPS Photo

Welcome to Fort Matanzas National Monument. Many schools visit us each year as culmination of their studies. Please visit Plan a Field Trip if you are interested in visiting. Be aware that March, April and May are extremely busy months.

We have numerous curriculum materials available to augment your study of the fort and of Florida history. Just click on a title below to download the file.


Some of these activities are available on this webpage in Adobe PDF format.

The Building of the Castillo de San Marcos
The Stories of Fort Matanzas
The Little Fort With the Big Job (Fort Matanzas)
The Defenses of St. Augustine (Map Study)
A Fort Matanzas Scavenger Hunt (An activity for the on-site visit to Fort Matanzas)
Bibliography
National Parks - Special Places
Nature Trail Guide
Cannon Tools
Coquina
Florida Natives
Rules for Visiting
Spanish Flag
Evaluation
Timeline
Vocabulary
Soldier and Cannon - Coloring Page
Spanish Soldier - Coloring Page
Turtle Hurdle
Web of Life
Web of Life Answers
Word Search
Marshy Shores
Marshy Shores Answers
Parks Activity
Parks Activity Answers

 

Did You Know?

Modern concrete replicas of the original palm logs form a reconstruction of the town wall in St Augustine.

Spanish St Augustine was the first of only three walled cities ever constructed in North America.  The other two are Charleston, South Carolina (British) and Quebec City, Canada (French).  Ft Matanzas National Monument, Florida