Course Reflection

 Hello! This will be my final post on this Florida History Blog. I have thoroughly enjoyed this class and the learning style that Professor McCoy has given us. This paragraph below you explains some of the topics that I learned throughout the course of this Florida History class.

Having lived in Florida all my life, I had no idea all the stages that Florida went through to become the Florida we know and love. In this class I learned about the ancient tribes that lived in Florida before us. My favorite of these tribes was The Calusa. I enjoyed learning about their belief system, and how they thought the afterlife was going to be. Regarding race, I had a prior knowledge to the evils that were committed in Florida throughout the civil war, but this class explained in further detail the grit of slavery in the south. The book, A Land Remembered, tied in very well with this timeline of slavery and early living in the Florida wetlands. Regarding class, I enjoyed learning about the economics of Florida History. Throughout the 1900's, Florida was a haven for tourists coming to see Florida attractions. Disney had not moved in yet, so the attractions included Ripley's, Gator farms, and other animal sanctuaries.