Voices in St. Augustine
Electronic Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Using the Internet to obtain information on all kinds of topics can be fun, as well as educational. Here are some websites you might enjoy. See if you can find the answers to these questions by exploring these websites.
1. You can always start a search by going to a Search Engine like www.yahoo.com or
http://www.google.com. If you go to that website, and type in St. Augustine in the Search
window, you will get many websites that are about the city of St. Augustine. However, there is
another website about St. Augustine that is not about the city, but about a man. St. Augustine of
Hippo was a bishop in the Catholic Church who lived from 354-430 AD. On which country was
he born?
2. Go to the City of St. Augustine’s official website at www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us. Click on the
Visitors section, and then go to “The Colonial Spanish Quarter.” Name three kinds of
occupations that you can see tradesmen demonstrating at the Colonial Spanish Quarter.
3. Go to the St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau
website at www.visitoldcity.com/. (The purpose of a Visitors and Convention Bureau is to attract
visitors and tourists to an area.) It usually has a list of events and suggestions for things to do in
that area. Name two things this website suggests that people can do in St. Augustine.
4. The St. Augustine Record is the local newspaper for St. Augustine. Its website is
www.staugustine.com. Name three kinds of information you can find on this website.
5. At www.oldcity.com, what kind of information will you find on the Accommodations page?
6. Wikipedia is a web-based encyclopedia. Go to www.wikipedia.org and do a search for St.
Augustine, Florida. It tells you that St. Augustine was founded in 1565 by Admiral Pedro
Menendez de Aviles. What country was he from?
7. The National Park Service has a website for its parks. On the Castillo de San Marcos website
at www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm, it gives all kinds of information about the fort. What kind of
programs do they have for kids? What can you ask for at the Entrance Booth?
8. Go to the National Registry of Historic Places at www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/geo-flor/24.htm.
According to the Main Map, which national monument is located just south of St. Augustine?
9. In the book Voices in St. Augustine, Joey tours the Ximenez-Fatio House. On its website at www.ximenezfatiohouse.org, what local material was used in building the house? What is unique about its kitchen?
10. The Oldest House in St. Augustine is actually the Gonzalez-Alvarez House and is maintained
by the St. Augustine Historical Society. According to its website at
www.staugustinehistoricalsociety.org/oldhouse.html, why is it considered historic?