*Explain the reasons (economic, political, social and religious) that lead people to leave Europe for the New World
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Exploring the World: The Age of Exploration
Explorers (Good for differentiated instruction for strruggling learners)
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• Compare and contrast the settlements of Plymouth and Jamestown.
National Park Service: Jamestown and Plymouth Compare & Contrast
Scholastic Teacher Guide: Plymouth Plantation
Scholastic Plimoth Plantation Videos, compare and contrast, etc
The Mayflower and the Mayflower Compact (Plimoth Plantation)
Facts and Information about the Plymouth Colony: Land of the Brave (Includes an excellent timeline of settler and native interactions)
The laws of Jamestown (primary source information) from Virtual Jamestown
Early descriptions of Plymouth Plantation (primary source information) The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Wonderopolis: What happened to the Lost Colony?
Roanoke: What happened History.com
Roanoke: New Clues on the Lost Colony History.com
Roanoke: using remote sensing techniques: National Geographic
John White searches for the Roanoke colonists: Primary source with definitions of difficult terms
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The Economics of Jamestown (6:00 min) by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Plimoth Plantation Virtual Field Trips - Scholastic video tours and slideshow
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Settlers (Good for differentiated instruction for struggling learners)
European Explorers and Settlers
Animated Hero Classics: William Bradford: The First Thanksgiving (There are many segments in this video. It might be a good idea to break the segments up and use appropriate ones in lessons.)
Just the Facts: The Colonization of North America: The English Settlements (Part One) (There are many segments in this video. It might be a good idea to break the segments up and use appropriate ones in lessons.)
Regions of the United States: The Northeast People and Heritage (There are many segments in this video. It might be a good idea to break the segments up and use appropriate ones in lessons.)
The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz
Mystery of the Lost Colony (Roanoke) by Lee Miller
The Dreadful, Smelly Colonies by Elizabeth Raum
You Wouldn't Want to be an American Colonist! by Jacqueline Morley
A True Book: Colonial Life by Brendan January
Roanoke The Lost Colony by Jane Yolen and Heidi Yolen Stemple
Thanksgiving Interactive: You are the Historian - using primary and secondary resources to understand the interactions between early colonists and indigenous people (Includes Teacher Guides)
America in 1607: Jamestown and the Powhatan- An interactive site created by National Geographic which explores and compares the Jamestown settlement and the indigenous village of Werowocomoco.
On the Trail Captain John Smith- An interactive webquest from National Geographic which covers the settlement and challenges of the Jamestown colony.
Virtual Jamestown- An ongoing project which allows users to interact with John Smith's maps. Also a great resource to view and compare the patterns of settlement.
BrainPop: TimeZoneX: Thirteen Colonies & TimeZoneX: Pocahontas (students have to put events in order. Good application of new and prior knowledge as well as inferential thinking skills.)
Map of Virginia by John Smith (1624) (Library of Congress)
• Explore why the interactions with the native peoples of New England were important to the survival of the Plymouth Colony.
• Explain the views that indigenous peoples had concerning land ownership and how these views were different from the views of land ownership held by Europeans.
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