Week 6

Settling North America: The Virginia and Plymouth Colonies

As Europe continues to settle North America we start to see who succeeds and who doesn't.

Read about the mystery of Roanoke Island. What do you think really happened? (Scholastic Reader or Pages152-153 in your textbook)

Pocahontas: Friend or Foe? Read pages 154-157 about the interactions between the Powhatan tribe and the Jamestown settlers. Write a narrative about the interactions between the two. (Your narrative can be in a play/skit format with main characters or a 1 page story that is a snapshot of what one day was like from the perspective of one of the main characters.) If you can, compare and contrast what you have written to the Disney movie. (Think about how we have used media like a movie to entertain and educate.)

Read in your text about the Mayflower Compact that can be found between pages 158-160. Answer the questions below.

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