A Colonial Tour from TeachersFirst: Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. Captain John Smith and Pocahontas were only two of the many characters associated with the Jamestown colony. It's an interesting place because archeologists are still discovering new information about how the colony operated.
Jamestown is close to both Yorktown and Williamsburg, so you can get a great three-for-one visit if your vacation takes you to the area. Plan to spend some time here if you want to see it all. The links below will help you get ready, or give you a good overview if you're vacationing with your computer!
Photo Credit: Image: 'Jamestown Home Construction.'
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Go Social Studies Go! - Kenneth Udhe
Grades
6 to 12
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In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use in middle and high school Social Studies classes. Select content to view as a class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Introduce the site to students and let them explore specific sections on their own. Share a link to the portion of the site desired through your class website or blog. Have students or student groups create online posters using Check This (reviewed here). This site is also a useful reference for students to "look up" a major historic event to better understand historical fiction or even movies. Make it available as a general reference link on your class web page.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Virtual Jamestown - Virtual Jamestown
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6 to 12tag(s): colonial america (89), colonization (12), jamestown (12)
In the Classroom
The zoomable maps and rotating views of Jamestown artifacts would be effective on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Plan a day to explore together or with partners to find out specifics about the colony. The site also contains a large volume of primary source documents that could be used for students doing research on Jamestown, or in History Day projects. Have students use a tool such as Woices (beta) (reviewed here) to share the location of Jamestown and what they learned. Woices allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location (on a map) where the story takes place.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Women's History Museum - National Women's History Museum
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7 to 12tag(s): jamestown (12), women (88), womens suffrage (10), world war 2 (128)
In the Classroom
Of course, the site would be useful to students doing research on the women's movement in general, or on the role of women during several important historical eras. In the "educational resources" section, there is a collection of quotations from women that would be great for creating displays for women's history month. There is also a group of quizzes that could be adapted for classroom use. The section focused on the women of Jamestown includes the stories of Native American women as well as the role of early European settler women and could supplement the usual Thanksgiving lessons on the new American colonies. There are also free lesson plans and classroom activities that teachers should take advantage of!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Interactive Quizzes - Mrs. Bogucki
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3 to 6tag(s): continents (33), decimals (96), flags (19), fractions (173), homophones (14), iditarod (7), jamestown (12), landforms (36), measurement (122), oceans (112), virginia (18)
In the Classroom
These interactive quizzes would work well on an interactive whiteboard at the introduction to a unit (as an informal assessment of prior knowledge or anticipatory set to motivate students). They could also be used individually as learning centers to review and re-teach.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History is Fun: Jamestown and Yorktown - Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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5 to 12tag(s): colonial america (89), colonization (12), india (36), jamestown (12)
In the Classroom
Using a projector or interactive whiteboard, you may enhance your lesson by viewing the short one-minute videos. What a great activator or anticipatory set! With a quick click, this site allows you to buy tickets to these two historical places, so you will want to monitor students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Jamestown - Crandall Shifflet and University of Virginia
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5 to 12You will need to scroll down to the bottom of the main page and click on "Teaching Materials" to find several wonderful lesson plans on Jamestown. (This link isn't found on the left side menu.) For teachers who want to bring authentic, first-hand accounts and records into the classroom, this site provides a wealth of actual documentation. We strongly suggest you use the Site Index to get the extensive view of this website's offerings.
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In the Classroom
The zoomable maps and rotating views of Jamestown artifacts would be effective on an interactive whiteboard. PLan a day to explore together or with partners to find our specifics about the colony. The site also contains a large volume of primary source documents that could be used for students doing research on Jamestown, or in History Day projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Road to Jamestown - Mark Whitling
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5 to 12tag(s): colonization (12), india (36), jamestown (12)
In the Classroom
This site arms teachers with a complete picture of how Jamestown was settled. Students who are doing extensive research on the subject will benefit from the genealogy of the important participants. For an American teacher, it is worth viewing this U.K. site for a well-rounded picture on the subject. Ask your students to compare and contrast this portrayal with one of the American sites and make a Venn diagram of the comparison on your interactive whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Pocahontas Myth - The Powhatan Renape Nation
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Students usually enjoy "debunking" myths of history and learning ways that their teachers or textbooks might be wrong. This site provides another viewpoint in the well-known Pocahontas story. There are also possibilities here for discussions of racial stereotyping and the way Pocahontas is portrayed in the media, particularly in the Walt Disney film. Use this discussion to prompt a persuasive writing assignment or history essay on differeing views of history.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Jamestown Online Adventure
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4 to 7Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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James River Plantations - National Park Service
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7 to 12tag(s): colonial america (89), jamestown (12), virginia (18)
In the Classroom
This site clamors to be the focus of a virtual field trip for secondary students. After prowling through the site yourself, create an itinerary (with related discussion questions) to guide your students through the content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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You are the Archaeologist - Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
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4 to 7Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Unearthing Secret America - PBS
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6 to 12tag(s): colonial america (89)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans hosted on the "educators" portion of this site! Save this site as a favorite to allow for easy retrieval - a great resource for a US history classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rediscovering Jamestown - Virginia Historical Society
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6 to 12tag(s): explorers (44)
In the Classroom
Use the map of Jamestown as a supplement to a lesson on the colony, and how early settlers lived. There is also information about the early settlement of Jamestown and the complications the recent immigrants faced while there. Beyond the map, students can use this site to find out information on James Fort and what these excavations are showing about life then.If in need of an activity, use this site in conjunction with several others, having students create a multimedia presentation detailing the Jamestown colony and what life was like then. After students have completed their research about Jamestown, have them create a multimedia presentation using Voicethread reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report about Jamestown.
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Pocahontas, From Fiction to Fact: Using Disney's Film to Teach the - Yale University
Grades
4 to 6In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities on this page! Great for an English classroom, plus the activities work on creating critical thinking in students. Be sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy reference later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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