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FPEA DAY AT THE CAPITOL To help prepare you for FPEA’s Day at the Capitol, we have assembled this Florida Day at the Capitol Bundle for you. This bundle will help you learn about Florida history, government, facts and more. We have included the resource links at the end of the documents. State State motto FUN FACT! or Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed. NATIVE AMERICANS IN FLORIDA Name 8 Florida Tribes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Color the State seal Resources: http://floridafacts.facts.co/funfloridafactsabout/floridafacts.php http://dos.myflorida.com/library-archives/research/explore-our-resources/florida-history-culture-and- heritage/native-americans-in-florida/ Florida State Flag The current design of Florida's state flag was adopted in 1900. In that year, Florida voters ratified a constitutional amendment based on an 1899 joint resolution of the state legislature to add diagonal red bars, in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, to the flag. The flag is described in these words: "The seal of the state, of diameter one half the hoist, in the center of a white ground. Red bars in width one fifth the hoist extending from each corner toward the center, to the outer rim of the seal." DRAW THE STATE FLAG BELOW Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-flag/ Florida State Song "OLD FOLKS AT HOME" Stephen C. Foster wrote "The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)" in 1851. After Foster wrote the song, he sold it to E. P. Christy, a businessman who operated a series of minstrel shows. Foster is reported to have chosen the term "Swanee" because its two-syllable cadence fit nicely into the music he had composed. The composer was not familiar with the Florida section of the Suwannee River, because he never visited the state. A memorial center at White Springs, Florida, honors Foster, who authored about 200 popular songs during his prolific career. Representative S. P. Robineau of Miami introduced House Concurrent Resolution No. 22 in 1935, designating "Swanee River" as the official state song. It replaced "Florida, My Florida," which had been adopted as the state song in 1913. In 2008, the Legislature designated that a revised version of the lyrics be the official version. The Suwannee River flows in a southerly direction from the Okeefenokee Swamp in Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. The river separates the Florida panhandle from the rest of the state. Listen to the State Song Here Write the missing lyrics out here: Way down upon the River, Far, far away, There’s where my heart is turning ever, There’s where the ______________________ stay. All up and down the whole creation, _____________ I roam, Still longing for my childhood station, And for the old folks at home. Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-song/ Chorus All the world is sad and _______________ Everywhere I roam. O dear ones, how my _______________ weary, Far from the old folks at home 2nd verse All ‘round the ____________________ I wander’d, When I was young; Then many happy days I squander’d, Many the __________________________ When I was playing with my brother, __________________________. Oh, take me to my kind old mother, There let me live and die. 3rd verse One little hut among the __________________, One that I love. Still sadly to my _____________ rushes, No matter where I rove. When will I see the _____________ a humming, All ‘round the comb? When shall I ____________ the banjo strumming, Down in my good old home. Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-song/ Florida State Facts FIND THESE ANSWERS: Total Area - ________________________________ Length north and south - ______________________________________ Width east and west - ________________________________________ Highest Natural Point - _____________________ Longest River - ______________________________ Largest Lake - _______________________________ Largest county - ____________________________________ Smallest county - ____________________________________ Capital _________________________________ Population 2020 (estimate) ____________________________ Population 2015 (estimate) ____________________________ Population 1990 _____________________________________ Most populous metropolitan area 2012 ________________________________ Number of counties ______________________________________________________ Form of government _____________________________________________________ State sales tax __________________ State income tax ______________________ Legislature - _____ house districts, _____ senate districts, _____ congressional districts First permanent European settlement - _____________________________________ Acquired from Spain as a U.S. Territory - ___________________________________ Admitted as 27th state of the U.S. - ________________________________________ Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/quick-facts/ Florida State Marine Mammal MANATEE The manatee (Trichechus manatus), also called a sea cow, is a gray, waterplant-eating, gentle giant that reaches eight to fourteen feet in length and can weigh more than a ton. It was designated the state marine mammal in 1975. Manatees are on the endangered species list, but chances for their survival are good if humans' activities can be controlled. Of all the known causes of manatee fatalities, humans are responsible for about half of the deaths. The most-common cause of death for manatees is being struck by boats and barges. Also, the propeller blades of speeding boats can cut a manatee's hide to ribbons. The Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978 and later regulations have limited the speed of boats in waters populated by manatees during winter months, when more than 1,500 of the creatures swim to warm bays and rivers to avoid pneumonia and death. Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-marine-mammal/ EDUCATIONALCOLORINGPAGES.COM ; Florida State Flower ORANGE BLOSSOM The blossom of the orange tree (Citrus sinensis) is one of the most fragrant flowers in Florida. Millions of these white flowers perfume the atmosphere throughout central and south Florida during orange blossom time. The orange blossom was selected as the state flower by the 1909 legislature. Resource: http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-flower/ FLORIDA WORDSEARCH M U N Y T Z X W G J E A R G Z V P V Y I I H C K C S Q X G K L G V S A X K Z U F ALLIGATOR Q R G Z E V R Y M G Q A U Q S W Q P P V F O K R N X Z T A A S M E G R L A U R O BEACHES G N C M K O R A N G E S M Q M L Q W F A T L W Q U C H F B P F O Y K A Q V D I E CAPITOL J M A K F A M K F O O D N A L R O D E T L K U P S O M J A X C P L V G R O V E S CATTLE O K T B D E F P U X G Y A L L P M Q O M D M Q P Z G N C G J L K U K J T E B Z A CITRUS W T T P R Y E I V B A Q A X N X F P U Z D W S A D Q E C E D I J U T V W O W Y Q DISNEY W Z L T L B H W O T Y Z P D S P V G B B C Q W N M K N T L B U N Y D R H Y W N Z DOLPHIN T A E P F W K U J U O G M Q B W C Y C M B P J T V K I H H M Z M H K C G Q G G P EVERGLADES K S U R D Y Q C Z F T Q A G P V I U J J L B S H S K S N R G Q E Z E S R Q H N W FISH X C E K Q M I M A P P B T P X B J Y L A W P V E J I M B J F F I E I L U T D H M FLORIDA E C V U I R S O I M I M A P A A O R J I G A I R F C Q R G B N K E Z W Q N Y S S FPEA D L Q B B H U W O Y O P T Y D G D O L T I N T L R I M Z E V O Y U E O O F N A V GROVES S F S R Q G K G T H O M Q S O M A I S V U Q I A K T E Y R J Q H K Z S O R S Y G JACKSONVILLE C Y C U B W T D C V C G T E L T T P R Z B A G Y T R A M U S W Z I M Q O U A C V KSC E Y E W H O Q N F S E W F K P X P L H O S A T V O U X L W Y Y E N S I D F G K A MANATEE J R K F J F C M J R A U A S H O H S T Y L M E S I S G E L T M C J X N Q M C Q X MIAMI T G O N L S E V P W N H U C I N G K X P W F B I G U A B M A Q R E Z B Q D B F F OCEAN O M A A S O S Q F Y B I H M N N T P H G K I C K G V V N R M H U S U Q J G I T U OKEECHOBEE P G Q C Z W H L J S E D A L G R E V E I E E O M W P B E R L I A C F D M M B S F ORANGES T J L T L D A J W Z P B D S I Q R D S A N S W F D N C E J N T Z S F I A U O D L ORLANDO H I O P U P R Z R O J S R U U A E D E D C O P L N N R U B S T W K S I H B G P Z PALMS P J T R P K K Y E M H D T W M Y C N F Q P E H B C J M N P F E L L M E Q L Z Z T PANHANDLE T Y I V W K S A U S S R P A A I R T D M Q K P V P L S I L K O N C O W E S E O U PANTHER B C P U U F T G Y S E L O N I M E S Z G E M O O O T S T T F H Y F A E L A E A G PELICAN P Q A T F C E Z O S H S C N F Y D T G U Y U J P R V O L B W E D E O L L O C V B PENSACOLA F B C W H V A V S W C S Y E S Z J O U V A W D D P W Q I A H V A E E P I A C B H PORPOISE V C J L B X U Q U F A I I E I V J V G R R X C T O M H C V L J G H S S V P J J V RAYS C D P Y F M O V T A E E W F R V C E W N G C P F I D W T Q M L S W S Q N T G K F SAILFISH Z B U G H Q U T Z S B Y Z U O B W I Y J Q L U B S K G Q U U K Z V U E O O W R D SEMINOLES M N L H G B X W L Z O G D Z A H E C H O H R Y T E R Z A V C S H H V N S A Y H N SHARKS P O O K P E N S A C O L A L K G T L I T X E R X G K S L H F Q K X G A K B E J C SHELLS X I B X X J S Z A G X X L N X Z I Z Q H E E I C S H S B E U E O N S C C O K J K SPACE V H G Z T F V P L E B I O G M W Y P U P L T Z C R C E W M Q S J U B I A M L S E SUNNY S D M Q H Q Y E M N G J U P T I N P J P D A G Z C I B W U M W S L P L J S O D W SUWANNEE J X M R T L Z D Z A G V U R Y W P X P M N N U Q V C V H T H Z S V N E X I J F N SWAMPS K V Z M R H O P T S W S Z S F W P H N R A A X Y E J E A K V L B U A P P R L W N TALLAHASSEE Q F B B H X Y O B B X S H M W A X T A K H M I P I D E E Y K K Y M N Y V U H G V TAMPA E N S W Y S R D Q S Y E Y V O N P U X R N S F E I C Y R L L B G X X R B O J W A TOURISM D A T C E J R L R Q T V X A J E W Q Q L A M T F C S Z R Y P M A B M Q I T S T D UCF C L M G Z Z U M Y L O H I T R E W Z E E P G F O M O M G K I H X I I Q H Y D T R 1/1 FLORIDA CROSS WORD PUZZLE Across Down 2.