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The Online Classroom is designed to help educators use photographs, documents, sound recordings and film footage from the State Library and Archives of Florida.

The Online Classroom also showcases collaborative projects between the State Library and Archives of Florida and Florida schools. These projects help students make a personal connection to the primary source documents that tell the stories of their communities.


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  Exhibits With Lesson Plans  

Exhibits with Lesson Plans

Photographs and documents from the State Library and Archives of Florida are placed together with background information and lesson plans correlated to the Sunshine State Standards. Lesson plans focus on Florida History, U.S. History, and using primary source materials in Language Arts.

 
  View From the School: Florida Then & Now  

View From the School: Florida Then & Now

This project documents change in Florida cities, towns, communities and landscapes from a student perspective. Art teacher Polly Werner, in collaboration with the State Archives of Florida, conducted the pilot project with her third grade class at Dr. N. H. Jones Elementary School in Ocala, Florida.

 
  Writing Around Florida  

Writing Around Florida

"Writing Around Florida" uses selected photographs from the Florida Photographic Collection as writing prompts.

The writer is guided through the step-by-step process of writing and saving their response.

 
  Black  History Month At the State Archives of Florida  

Black History Month
At the State Archives of Florida

This is a list of resources available online from the State Library and Archives of Florida relating to Black History Month.

 
  2007 Florida History Fair  

2009 Florida History Fair
The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies


This is a list of resources available online from the State Library and Archives of Florida relating to the suggested Florida History Fair topics. Additional resources are available at the State Library and Archives of Florida in Tallahassee.

 
  Voices of Florida  

Voices of Florida

These audio clips are take from a Florida Folklife Collection series of audio recordings (S1576). This series includes recordings of performances by or interviews with folk musicians, crafters, storytellers, and folklife interpreters. Together, the recordings document such areas as children's lore, religious traditions, Seminole culture, maritime traditions, ethnic folk culture, material culture, and occupational lore.

 
  Film and Video Clips  

Film and Video Clips

These short clips from fifty films and videos date from 1916 to the 1980s and cover a variety of topics including education, environment, family life, industry, integration, politics, and World War II.

 
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Sonia Malkine   Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus, 1929-1948   Physician's Journal
Sonia Malkine
French folk singer Sonia Malkine possessed a delicate and captivating vocal approach.
  Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus
In 1945, administrators asked returning veterans if they would be willing to attend classes at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee.
  Physician's Journal In 1843, Dr. John M. W. Davidson of Gadsden County began recording medical recipes and treatments in a small, leather-bound notebook.

 


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Seminole Doll Making
Seminole doll maker Mary B. Billie and her daughter, Claudia C. John, discuss the history and practices of Seminole doll making.
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