Resources for Educators

Places to Visit

    National Museum of Naval Aviation
    Pensacola Naval Air Station, Building 3465
    (Mail) 1750 Radford Blvd., Suite C, Pensacola, FL 32508-5402
    (850) 452-3604

    Air Force Armament Museum
    100 Museum Dr., Eglin Air Force Base, FL 32542
    (850) 882-4062

    Camp Blanding Museum
    Building 3040, Tallahassee St., Camp Blanding
    (Mail) Route 1, Box 465, Camp Blanding, Starke, FL 32091-9703
    (904) 533-3196

    Valiant Air Command Aviation Museum
    Space Center Executive Airport
    (Mail) 6600 Tico Rd., Titusville, FL 32780-8009
    (407) 268-1941

    Flying Tigers Warbird Air Museum
    231 North Hoagland Blvd., Kissimmee, FL 34741
    (407) 933-1942

    Weeks Air Museum
    14710 S.W. 128th St., Miami, FL 33196
    (305) 233-5197

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Educational Resources

    "World War II Comes to Florida"
    Florida Heritage Education Program lesson plan
    Suggested grades: 5 and 11
    Cost: $1.00
    Museum of Florida History
    500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
    (850) 487-1902

    "U.S. Involvement in World War II"
    Florida Department of Education lesson plan
    Suggested grades: 9-12
    Free; download from Internet
    http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00001/cpt/activ.htm

    Historic documents and photographs
    Materials in the Florida State Archives and Florida Photographic Collection
    Suggested grades: flexible
    Free; download from Internet. Fee for photographic prints.
    http://www.FloridaMemory.com
    Florida State Archives
    500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee 32399-0250
    (850) 487-2073

    "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"
    National Archives and Records Administration lesson plan
    Suggested grades: 7-12
    Free; download from Internet
    http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching

    "Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself"
    Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program lesson plan
    Suggested grades: 5-8
    Free; download from Internet
    http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson99/fear/intro.html

    "A People at War"
    Information from a National Archives and Records Administration exhibit
    Suggested grades: flexible
    Free; download from Internet
    http://www.nara.gov/exhall/people/people.html

    "Powers of Persuasion"
    Posters from a National Archives and Records Administration exhibit
    Suggested grades: flexible
    Free; download from Internet
    http://www.nara.gov/exhall/people/people.html

Web Sites

Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
Florida Department of State
 Division of Historical Resources
 

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