The history of Florida told through song using Sunshine State Standards for Florida history for the fourth grade.
Each item on the timeline is paired with a well known tune from the same year.
Sample Program
Date | Event | Piece |
1513 | Ponce de Leon lands on Florida Coast | Spanish Christmas Carol Fum Fum Fum |
1562 | French Settlement at Fort Caroline | Ding Dong Merrily On High |
1586 | Francis Drake leads British expedition | Greensleeves |
1763 | Treaty of Paris | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
1819 | Florida becomes a US territory | Star Spangled Banner |
1845 | Florida becomes 27th state | Swanee River |
1861 | Florida secedes from the Union | Deck the Hall |
1865 | Civil War Ends | Go Tell it on the Mountain |
1885 | Henry Flagler begins building the railroad | Away in a Manger |
1898 | Spanish American War | Lift Evry Voice and Sing |
1926 | Great Depression hits Florida | The 12 Days of Christmas |
1950 | The first rocket is launched in to space | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer |