Today's Classroom Activities :

The Settlement of Jamestown

Today's the Day
Social Studies/History May 14, 1607, was the day the Jamestown settlement was established. Begin your day by taking your class to the Library of Congress site dedicated to this event: www.memory.loc.gov.

Travel Back to Jamestown
Social Studies/History You and your students can visit the early settlement of Jamestown without going to Virginia, thanks to the Internet. The National Park Service and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities have put together a website for grades four and up that allows students to see artifacts from James Fort as well as to take part in some interactive archaeological research exercises. Go to www.historicjamestowne.org.

Jamestown Changes
In this lesson, students will study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, to discern how life changed in the Jamestown settlement in the first few years after it was founded.

Jamestown Colony, Fact vs. Fiction
Students learn about Jamestown, the first successful English Colony and how it almost failed. They will also compare the reality of 1609 with Hollywood's interpretation of Pocahontas and John Smith.

About the The Jamestown Colony Lesson
Student will be able to describe how and why Jamestown was colonized. They will also be able to name some of the important figures in Jamestown, describe some of the conflicts Jamestown had with the Native Americans, and be able to explain the importance of tobacco to Jamestown.