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Pop Up Museums

Mel Fisher Maritime Museum presents
for Florida Schools

Florida & The American Revolution

The 2025/ 2026 Pop Up Museum will focus on how the circumstances in colonial Florida influenced history as the original colonies emerged into a new nation. 

 The Pop Up Museum includes:

  • 8 individual 33" x 72" free-standing exhibit panels and stands

  • Approximately three weeks of display time per host reservation

    • Exhibit arrives early in the first week of host month

    • Exhibit is scheduled to ship forward in the last business days of host month

  • Prepaid FedEx Ground shipping labels and pickup 

  • Companion print learning resources

  • Links to digital content 

  • Links to companion videos on Watchkin

Please note:

Reservations are not final until we have confirmed your reservation by email.

Related Florida Benchmarks

Elementary

SS.2.A.2.1: Recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants in North America.

SS.2.A.2.3: Describe the impact of immigrants on the Native Americans.

SS.2.A.2.5: Identify reasons people came to the United States throughout history.

SS.3.G.2.5: Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

SS.4.A.1.2: Synthesize information related to Florida history through print and electronic media.

SS.4.A.3.2: Describe causes and effects of European colonization on the Native American tribes of Florida.

SS.4.A.3.3: Identify the significance of St. Augustine as the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States.

SS.4.A.3.6: Identify the effects of Spanish rule in Florida.

SS.4.A.3.7: Identify nations that controlled Florida before it became a US territory.

SS.4.A.3.9: Explain how Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty) became a US territory.

SS.4.A.5.1: Describe Florida's involvement in the Civil War.

SS.4.A.9.1: Utilize timelines to sequence key events in Florida history.

SS.5.A.1.1: Use primary and secondary sources to understand history.

SS.5.A.3.3: Describe interactions among Native Americans, Africans, English, French, Dutch, and Spanish for control of North America.

SS.5.E.2.1: Recognize the positive and negative effects of voluntary trade among Native Americans, European explorers, and colonists.

SS.5.A.5.1: Identify and explain significant events leading up to the American Revolution.

SS.5.A.5.2: Identify significant individuals and groups who played a role in the American Revolution.

SS.5.A.5.7: Explain economic, military, and political factors which led to the end of the Revolutionary War.

SS.5.A.5.8: Evaluate the personal and political hardships resulting from the American Revolution.

SS.5.CG.2.1: Discuss the political ideas of Patriots, Loyalists and other colonists about the American Revolution.

SS.5.G.1.5: Identify and locate the original thirteen colonies on a map of North America.

Middle

SS.6.W.1.1: Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.

SS.68.AA.2.7: Examine how the status of slaves, those who had escaped slavery and free blacks affected their contributions to the Civil War effort.

SS.8.A.1.2: Analyze charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and timelines.

SS.8.A.1.7: View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts.

SS.8.A.2.1: Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their struggle for colonization of North America.

SS.8.A.2.3: Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle and Southern colonies including indentured servants and slaves as labor sources.

SS.8.A.2.5: Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.

SS.8.A.2.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.

SS.8.A.2.7: Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, and children) to the society and culture of colonial America.

SS.8.A.3.1: Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 - 1774.

SS.8.A.3.2: Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 - 1774.

SS.8.A.3.4: Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary War and their effects on the outcome of the war.

SS.8.A.3.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.

SS.8.A.3.8: Examine individuals and groups that affected political and social motivations during the American Revolution.

SS.8.A.3.16: Examine key events in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history

SS.8.CG.1.1: Compare the views of Patriots, Loyalists and other colonists on limits of government authority, inalienable rights and resistance to tyranny.

High

SS.912.A.1.3: Utilize timelines to identify the time sequence of historical data.

SS.912.AA.2.16: Describe Florida colonies that existed between the colonial period through the acquisition of Florida with the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, which was called the Transcontinental Treaty and ratified in 1821.

SS.912.A.2.1: Review causes and consequences of the Civil War.

SS.912.W.1.1: Use timelines to establish cause and effect relationships of historical events.

SS.912.W.4.14: Recognize the practice of slavery and other forms of forced labor experienced through the 13th through 17th centuries.

This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, and the State of Florida.

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2024 by Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society

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