What a perfect day to participate in several reenactments of Florida's history! We got tattoos, made candles, impressed our docent with our knowledge of Florida's history (thanks, Ms. Kirkham!), and have a new appreciation for indoor plumbing and toilet paper. A special thanks to the parents who chaperoned for being extra sets of eyes and ears. If you took any good pictures, please share as I didn't have the chance to!
We participated in three programs:
Florida Natives Program
Students experience the daily life of the Timucua Natives firsthand. Participate in Native American games, jewelry making, corn grinding and gardening, and learn to use a bow drill. Student take-home project is a shell necklace.
Timuqua Native American war paint
Spanish Colonial/Fort Mose Program
Students experience life as a Spanish settler in St. Augustine including learning about Fort Mose, the first free Black Settlement in Colonial America. Students participate in period appropriate activities including candle dipping, colonial games, tabby making, weaving, woodworking and corn grinding. Student take-home project is a hand-dipped candle taper.
A brief historical reenactment of the Spanish and French in Florida
Early Florida Pioneer Program
Attend class in a one-room schoolhouse and experience a day in the life of a child of the 1800s. Students participate in corn shelling and milling, write with a quill pen, draw water from a pitcher pump, play pioneer games, try out their roping skills and garden with a push plow. Student take-home project is a quill pen writing sample on parchment paper.
Grinding dried corn into corn meal
The boys' side of the schoolhouse
Water break, anyone?
Recess!
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