Teaching Kids about the Calusa by Claudine Payne Education has always been an essential part of our mission, and members of our team have recently created two resources that we hope south Florida teachers will find useful. Archaeology and Environment at Pineland: Information and Activities for 4th and 5th Grade Teachers was written by Claudine Payne and Chuck Blanchard for the Randell Research Center. Based on the archaeological research directed by Bill Marquardt and Karen Walker at Pineland, the booklet includes background information on the Pineland Site Complex, maps, and suggestions for classroom activities. It was funded through a grant from the F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation. If you would like to order a copy at a nominal cost, see the order form. Claudine Payne also wrote (with assistance from Chuck Blanchard and Nina Borremans) The Calusa Indians, a lesson plan for 4th, 5th, or 8th grade teachers. The lesson plan includes background information on the Calusa, student text (for 8th graders), maps, illustrations of Calusa life, and, for the 4th and 5th graders, two child-size Calusa masks to be colored and worn. The Calusa Indians is part of a series of lesson plans produced by the Florida Division of Historical Resources. The lesson plans were created by archaeologists, historians, and educators to help teachers teach about Florida’s heritage. The first series also includes the following lesson plans: Why is the past important? Discovering Florida After the Ice Age Discovering Florida’s Indian Mounds Fort Mose: A Free Black Community Farm Life in the 1800s World War II Comes to Florida Florida Place Names What Buildings Tell Us Hurricanes and Florida’s Heritage Should We Preserve? Series 1 is available from the Florida Heritage Education Program, Division of Historical Resources, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250. Call (850) 487-2333 or 1-800-847-7278 for information on cost and ordering.
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