Florida

Summary
A lesson on the state of Florida. The reading is accompanied by true/false questions.

Objectives
• To introduce students to salient features about the state of Florida and its history.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Florida is a large peninsula that juts into the Atlantic Ocean and forms the eastern boundary of the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida panhandle occupies the northeast corner of the gulf. Due to this position relative to the ocean, Florida frequently experiences hurricanes, the most hurricanes of all the states. The state of Georgia lies directly north of Florida and Alabama is north of the panhandle area.

A unique feature of Florida is the Florida Keys, a series of hundreds of ancient volcanic islands that extend into the ocean at the southern tip of Florida. The longest key is Key Largo which is thirty miles in length. The Overseas Highway links many of the keys to the mainland and a part of the highway, the Seven-Mile Bridge, is one of the longest bridges in the world.

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