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Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 4: Mississippi
Infographic #3: Four Flags Over Mississippi
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1. Read the long history of the oldest building in Mississippi at Old Spanish Fort Museum.
http://www.pascagoula.com/spanishfort/fort.htm

  • Read about the Old Spanish Fort Museum.
  • Notice the countries that ruled the area during the years since this fort was built.
  • Study the photos at the bottom of the page.
  • Then click Recent Spanish Fort Photos. Click the photos to enlarge them.

Online Activity: A Mississippi History Quiz
Answer the following questions. Type your answers in the boxes under each question.



   What are two unusual facts about the name “Old Spanish Fort”?
   

   The king of what country granted the land to the builders of the estate at Old Spanish Fort?
   

   What is a stockade and why do you think one was built around the LaPointe estate?
   

   Why do you think LaPointe built the carpenter’s building first?
   

   For what reason do you think people used oyster shells to make floor concrete for the building?
   

   Why did the people who were hired to restore the old building use tests to discover how old some of its parts were?
   

   Look at the middle photo on the bottom row. What do you think the wooden object on the porch was used for?
   


2. What changes did the land that is now Mississippi undergo as it went from a Spanish territory to member of the United States? Look for answers by studying the historical maps at Mississippi: The Magnolia State.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ms/state/

  • From the dropdown menu choose "US in 1783" and click Go.
  • Print the map. Study the area that is Mississippi today.
  • Compare the map to a present-day one. How do the two maps look different from each other?
  • Click the Back arrow and choose "US in 1800" from the dropdown menu. Click Go and print the map.
  • Repeat the process, to print the map of the United States in 1825.
  • Take notes about how the area that is the state of Mississippi changed between 1783 and 1825.
Offline Activity: What About Mississippi?
Create a “What About Mississippi?” caption for each of the maps. Make each caption at least three sentences long and be sure it explains the ways in which the state’s name and borders changed between 1783 and 1825. Write your captions under each map that you printed from the Web site.

You may use the following facts in captions where they are most useful.
   The American Revolution ended in 1783.
   Spain controlled part of Mississippi until 1795.
   Mississippi became a territory in 1898.
   Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state in 1817.

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