This teachers' manual is meant to accompany the text entitled African
Americans in Florida. The manual includes, for each chapter, (1) the key
terms that are bold-faced in the text and defined in the glossary, (2)
research questions for possible further work, (3) discussion topics for
the classroom, and (4) a project geared to the particular chapter. The
text is based on the recommendations put forth by the Study Commission
on African American History in Florida, which was established by the
Florida Legislature in 1990. The book integrates suggestions made by
this and other educational commissions, by, for example, placing an
emphasis on the role that history and geography have played in the story
of African Americans of Florida. Teachers might want to use the text as
a supplemental resource, not only in Black History Month, but throughout
the school year.