Florida-Environmental Factors

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Florida's Environment
Florida's environment has been modified in many ways by people who have in habited it. First there were the American Indians. They took what they needed and only what they needed and did not really harm or change the land. When the Spanish came they built a few towns and forts but didn't really do anything to the actual environment. Except for cutting down plants where they built. Then the British came and also built some villages. Ownership went back and forth between the Spanish and British for awhile were the people who really started changing the environment. Over time big cities were built and some swamplands were destroyed. Animals lost there homes and were killed until environment laws were put in and conditions started to get better.

Social Studies/Time Continuity and Change

Standard 6: The student understands the history of Florida and its people (SS.A.6.3).

Objective 3: Knows how the environment of Florida has been modified by the values, traditions, and actions of various groups who have inhabited the state.

Amusement Park Activity

Activity - Compare Florida's
environment today to Florida's
environment 75 years ago. What are the differences? What are the similarities?

Brainstorming Fun

Idea 1. What is Florida's main
climate and how does it effect
people?

Idea 2. What are some of the
ways not listed here that have
changed Florida's environment?

Vocabulary

Modified - To change basic or
fundamental conditions.

British- The people of Great
Britain or the Commonwealth of
Nations.

Swamplands - A wetland often
partially or intermittently covered
with water.

Conditions - A state of being.

Did You Know?

The convention created a
secure and demilitarized
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forces.