FLORIDA’S PLANTS AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS Pan’s Garden Education Teacher’s Manual A Project of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach 386 Hibiscus Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida TABLE OF CONTENTS Florida’s Plants and the Native Americans Teachers Manual PROGRAM INFORMATION PAGE About Pan’s Garden ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Directions to Pan’s Garden ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Free Transportation ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Field Trip Information ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Your Visit to Pan’s Garden ...................................................................................................................................... 5 What Will Students Experience? ............................................................................................................................. 6 To Prepare For This Program .................................................................................................................................. 7 Florida’s Sunshine State Standards ........................................................................................................................... 8 BACKGROUND INFORMATION (Plants and Gardens) Plants Are the Basis of Life ...................................................................................................................................... 9 What Is A Plant? ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Why Are Plants Important? .................................................................................................................................... 9 What Are The Parts of A Plant? ............................................................................................................................ 10 Plant Facts ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 Five Different Types of Plants in Pan’s Garden ...................................................................................................... 10 What Is The Purpose Of A Garden? ..................................................................................................................... 10 What Is A Botanical Garden? ................................................................................................................................ 11 What Is Pan’s Garden? .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Why Do We Want to Preserve Florida’s Native Plants? ......................................................................................... 12 HISTORY OF FLORIDA’S FIRST PEOPLE Time Line ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Map of Tribal Territories ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Early Florida ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 The New World .................................................................................................................................................... 16 A Lesson for The Future ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Who Were Florida’s First People? .......................................................................................................................... 21 What Happened To The Native Floridians? .......................................................................................................... 21 Appearance ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Leadership ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Homes and Villages .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Food ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Tools and Weapons ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Florida Native Art ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Beliefs ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 FLORIDA’S NATIVE TRIBES Ais ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Apalachee .............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Calusa ................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Jaega ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Mayaimi ................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Tequesta ................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Timucua ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 Seminole ............................................................................................................................................................... 34 The Seminole Today ............................................................................................................................................. 35 PRESERVATION FOUNDATION of PALM BEACH TABLE OF CONTENTS Florida’s Plants and the Native Americans Teachers Manual ETHNOBOTANY What Is Botany? ................................................................................................................................................... 37 What Is Ethnobotany ............................................................................................................................................ 37 How Living Things Are Classified ........................................................................................................................ 38 Who Was Carrolus Linnaeus? ............................................................................................................................... 38 What’s All This Latin About? (Activity) ................................................................................................................ 39 The Latin Name Game (Activity) ......................................................................................................................... 40 Classifying Objects (Activity) ................................................................................................................................ 41 Classifying Leaves (activity) ................................................................................................................................... 42 Ethnobotanical Directory ...................................................................................................................................... 43 THE NATIVE PLANTS IN PAN’S GARDEN Plant Directory .................................................................................................................................................... 47 Plants from American Beautyberry to Yaupon Holly ....................................................................................... 48-80 STUDENT ACTIVITIES - grades K-2 Making Pottery ..................................................................................................................................................... 81 Observe a Tree ...................................................................................................................................................... 83 How Do We Use Trees .........................................................................................................................................