General Plantation Activity
Objectives
Students will identify key dates in Florida history and compare them to the life of Zephaniah Kingsley as a resident of northeast Florida by matching the correct date with the correct event on a timeline.
Age
4th-6th grade
Enhances
SS.A.1.2.1, SS.A.1.2.2, SS.A.1.2.3, SS.A.4.2.5, SS.A.4.2.6, SS.A.6.2.3, SS.A.6.2.4, SS.A.6.2.5, SS.A.6.2.7
Time and Place
Classroom post-visit activity, 30 minutes
* might require additional research
Worksheets
Timeline pdf (95k)
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Background
The time line is presented as a post-tour activity because some research will be necessary to identify and connect the dates and events. Information from the fieldtrip may need to be reviewed as a group. Some answers can be found in the exhibits at Kingsley Plantation and some can be reasoned out. Students may need assistance in locating other information. This activity could make a great media center research project.
Evaluation
(Left side)
Kingsley comes to Florida - 1803
Kingsley purchases Ft. George Island - 1817
Kingsley appointed to Legislative Council - 1823
Writes Treatise in Response to laws discriminating against race- 1829
Kingsley relocates family to "Hayti"- 1837
Kingsley sells Ft. George to K.B. Gibbs - 1839
Kingsley dies in New York - 1843
(Right)
East Florida becomes British colony - 1763
Florida becomes a colony of Spain (for the second time) - 1783
Importation of slaves declared illegal in United States - 1808
War of 1812 - 1812
Florida becomes American territory - 1821
Florida becomes a State - 1845
Civil War begins - 1861
January 1 of this year, Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation giving freedom to slaves - 1863
End of Civil War - 1865
