Lightner Learning: Educator Resources
Discover Florida Through Art, Architecture, and History
Explore Florida’s cultural and historical identity with Lightner Learning, a free digital resource hub from the Lightner Museum featuring curriculum-aligned lesson plans and hands-on activities for educators.
Located in the heart of historic St. Augustine, the Lightner Museum offers a unique setting for students to explore the stories that shaped Florida. Housed in the iconic former Hotel Alcazar, built by Henry Flagler in 1888, the museum provides a window into the transformative era when Flagler’s hotels, railroads, and civic investments helped establish St. Augustine as a premier destination and shaped the development of modern Florida.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will explore Gilded Age design through Louis Comfort Tiffany and his stained-glass lamps.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will explore the history of tourism in Florida by creating an advertisement brochure showcasing their town or city.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will explore the history of Hotel Alcazar and Henry Flagler’s use of advertising by creating a postcard to advertise their own hotels.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will explore the difference between primary and secondary sources using an analysis worksheet on a historical photograph.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will explore how artists reimagined the myths of ancient Greece and Rome.
Henry Flagler and his Era
This short essay provides an overview of Henry Flagler's history in Florida.
Henry Flagler and his Era
This short essay provides an overview of the design and history of the Hotel Alcazar.
Henry Flagler and his Era
Students will become artists by painting what they see, notice, and value about the town or city in which they live.
