Lesson 1:

Objective: The student will be able to describe the motivations for the settlement of the Roanoke Colony and the Jamestown Colony.

Warm Up:

Come into the classroom and complete the Warm Up.
Finished- Read through the following links.

Roanoke Colony, This Day in History, History in the Headlines

Presentation:

Please get out your Social Studies notebook and a pencil.
Together we will go through the notes on the two colonies that were founded first.

Roanoke Colony Activity:

Click the link to complete a webquest about the Roanoke Colony. Make sure that you read the directions and answer underneath of the questions.
- Webquest Link

Jamestown Digsite:

Next we are going to do a quick investigation of the Jamestown settlement as it stands today. Remember when we talked about archaeology? Well today many archaeologists are heading into the former site of Jamestown to see what life was really like during colonial times.

Directions:

Click through about 2-4 sites at the Jamestown Digsite and read about what happened with each of them and how it relates to our study of Jamestown.
- Digsite Link
Once you read them summarize what you have learned in the Dotstorming link below.
Dotstorming Link

Quickcheck:

Click here to access the quickcheck.

Extensions:

Click Here for the extension sheet, please follow the directions and complete one extension.

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