OVERVIEW

TASK(S)

RESOURCES

PORTFOLIO

Go to Our new Ukrop's cereal box!

You Be the Archaeologist:

Click on all the artifacts and pictures to learn about life at the Jamestown Fort : read, sketch, and state the purpose of each artifact in the 1600's.

Go to Our Exhibits > National Geographic Exhibit > Explore the Jamestown Fort

*Be sure to take notes and draw illustrations in your folder to share with your team.*

The Story

•  Location at James Island

•  Jamestown Fort: First English Settlement

•  Jamestown Development of a Town

The People

•  Why was each person important to the Jamestown colony?

•  Chief Powatan

•  Captain John Smith

•  Pocahontas

•  John Rolfe

•  William Strachey (extra credit…for theater lovers only)

The Things

Choose any 4 topics to read about.

Work and Play

Food

Coins

CHEX: Additional Artifacts

Broad axe:

http://www.apva.org/ngex/c5baxe.html

Cooking pot:

http:// www.apva.org/ngex/c1cook.html

Copper necklace:

http://www.apva.org/ngex/c3copper.html

English coins:

http://www.apva.org/ngex/c6coins.html

Ring:

http://www.apva.org/ngex/c4signet.html

Go to LEARN > You are the Historian > here > Investigating the First Thanksgiving > You are the Historian. Begin your investigation with Fact or Myth

This is a basic factual site that could be used as a guided reading for finding historical facts: Who, what, when, where, why?

Jamestown vs. Plymouth http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/JtvsPly.html

Go to Comparing Jamestown and Plymouth and investigate the following categories:

~ Location

~ Reason for settlement

~ Early setbacks

~ Religion

~ Government

~ Indians

~ Legends

~ Thanksgiving

~ Conclusion

Complete the Interactive Comparison Table (Click here to download) as you investigate this site. Make sure to download and save the document.  When you complete the Interactive Comparison Table; save your work, print a copy, put your name on the document, and hand in to your teacher.

Here is an additional resource to explore the differences between Plymouth and Jamestown:

http://www.sail1620.org

Checking for Understanding

Write a diary entry about life in one of these early settlements (Jamestown/Plymouth).  Draw ideas for your writing from the information you have researched to create a thoughtful and interesting reflection about what life must have been like for these people.  Be sure to weave in at least 10 facts that support your understanding of what life was like in Plymouth or Jamestown.  This reflective writing should be at least one page in length.

*Remember in writing: explode a moment, purpose, details, voice, and organization