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Mission San Luis brings history to life! Programs encourage critical thinking and emphasize learning by doing with hands-on and interactive activities. All programs correlate with Sunshine State Standards and are designed to enhance skills assessed by the FCAT. An Educator’s Guide with pre- and post-visit materials is available by clicking "Resources for Teachers" on the left.
Please contact Mission San Luis staff at 850.245.6406 or email us at programs@missionsanluis.org to book programs or receive more information. We advise that you book your tours early, especially for the spring. A minimum of one chaperone per ten students is required for school groups. Your group may be divided into smaller groups depending on its size. Picnic tables are available near the Visitor Center. If your group would like to visit El Mercado: The Gift Shop at San Luis, please let us know. We also have reasonably priced souvenir bags that can be ready when you visit.
If you have only a short time to visit, this guided tour will lead your students through a selection of the interpretive areas and touch on the important themes of the site.
This longer tour time offers an opportunity to visit all of the interpretive areas and engage with living history interpreters to learn about life at the mission. This tour also includes a stop at the Visitor Center to view artifacts found during archaeological excavations at the site.
With a focus on hands-on learning and a selected theme, students will learn tasks and crafts that were part of daily life for the Apalachee and Spanish residents of the mission. This program is offered for groups of 10-30 students. Focus tours are available during afternoon hours throughout the year, however, they are not offered during the Florida Legislative Session.
Grade 3:
Social Studies:
SS.3.E.1.1: Give examples of how scarcity results in trade
SS.3.E.1.3: Recognize that buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods and services through the use of trade or money.
SS.3.G.4.2: Identify the cultures that have settled the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Reading/Language Arts
LA.3.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
Grade 4: Social Studies
SS.4.A.3.1: Identify explorers who came to Florida and the motivations for their expeditions.
SS.4.A.3.2: Describe causes and effects of European colonization on the Native American tribes of Florida.
SS.4.A.3.4: Explain the purpose of and daily life on missions (San Luis de Talimali in present-day Tallahassee).
SS.4.A.3.6: Identify the effects of Spanish rule in Florida. SS.4.A.3.7: Identify nations (Spain, France, England) that controlled Florida before it became a United States territory.
Reading/Language Arts LA.4.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
LA.4.5.2.3: The student will listen attentively to speakers and takes notes as needed to ensure accuracy of information.
LA.4.5.2.4: The student will ask questions of speaker, using appropriate tone and eye contact.
Grade 5:
Social Studies SS.5.A.3.1: Describe technological developments that shaped European exploration.
SS.5.A.3.2: Investigate (nationality, sponsoring country, motives, dates and routes of travel, accomplishments) the European explorers.
SS.5.A.3.3: Describe interactions among Native Americans, Africans, English, French, Dutch, and Spanish for control of North America.
SS.5.A.4.1: Identify the economic, political and socio-cultural motivation for colonial settlement.
Reading/Language Arts
LA.5.1.6.1: The student will use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly.
Sunshine State Standards:
Grades 3-5:
Foreign Languages FL.D.2.2: The student recognizes that cultures have different patterns of interaction and applies this knowledge to his or her own culture.
4th Grade Teacher
Southport Elementary
Southport, Florida