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Illustration of the Destruction of a Rebel Salt Factory on the Florida Coast
This color illustration was published in Harper's Weekly in 1862.

Grades	4 to 5
Subject	Social Studies Science
Sunshine State Standards	SS.A.1.2.2	-	uses a variety of methods and sources to understand history (such as interpreting diaries, letters, newspapers and reading maps and graphs).
	SS.A.6.2.2	-	understands the influence of geography on the history of Florida.
	SC.H.3.2.1	-	understands that people, alone or in groups, invent new tools to solve problems and do work that affects aspects of life outside of science.

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Objectives
1. Students will view an illustration of the destruction of a salt factory.
2. Students will analyze the photograph to learn more about the salt works.
3. Students will discuss what they have learned.

Materials and Preparation
1. Illustration of the destruction of the salt works.

Procedure
1. Ask students to discuss these questions.
a. Describe how you think the salt factory works.

b. How does the salt water get from the ocean to the salt factory?

c. Why is smoke coming out of the smoke stack?

d. What are the ship and boats doing on the water?

e. What did they do with the salt after the water had evaporated? Where did they put it?

f. How does this illustration look the same or different from what you imagined when you listened to the account from Frier and Boyd?

Florida Department of State
Bureau of Archives & Records Management

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