Description
If you teach Jamestown and Virginia Studies then this unit is for YOU! Students will learn about the introduction or tobacco, slavery, and women coming to Jamestown and the impact they had on the Virginia colony. This pack includes reading passages, graphic organizers, artifact analysis, and a final assessment for students to show their understanding.
In this section, students should focus on the “what next” of Jamestown:
- How did colonists survive in Jamestown?
- What influenced the beginning of slavery in colonial Virginia?
- When did the Virginia Company decide to send women to Jamestown?
- Why did the Virginia colony capital change?
What’s Included?
- Artifact Analysis
- Reading Passages
- Instagram Project
- Research Activities
- Virginia Studies Weekly Comprehension Worksheets
- Study Guide
- Whole Unit Reviews
- Assessment
I have used all of these things in my classroom and my students (and I) loved them! It took my students about two weeks to complete this part of the unit, but it can be shortened or lengthened to fit your pacing guide. I tell you how I used the different activities within this packet and I have provided answer keys for everything.
Standard Focus:
- VS.3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the first permanent English settlement in America by
- e) Identifying the impact of the arrival of Africans and English women to the Jamestown settlement;
- VS.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in the Virginia colony by
- a) Explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery;
- b) Describing how the culture of colonial Virginia reflected the origins of American Indians, European (English, Scots-Irish, German) immigrants, and Africans;
- c) Explaining the reasons for the relocation of Virginia’s capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg;
- e) Describing everyday life in colonial Virginia
Still not sure? Check out how I used these things on my Instagram page!
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