

POP UP MUSEUMS
FLORIDA SCHOOLS
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:
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8 individual 33" x 72" free-standing exhibit panels and stands
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Approximately three weeks of display time per host reservation
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Exhibit arrives early in the first week of host month
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Exhibit is scheduled to ship forward in the last business days of host month
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Prepaid FedEx Ground shipping labels and pickup
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Companion print learning resources
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Links to digital content
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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.
