Use the following blocks to create a conversation between two Colonists living in the Jamestown describing the hardships and the changes they made to ensure survival. The conversation should contain interesting facts about life on the Jamestown Settlement.
USI.4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of European exploration in North America and West Africa by: a) describing the motivations for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations; b) describing cultural and economic interactions between Europeans and American Indians that led to cooperation and conflict, with emphasis on the American Indian concept of land; USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by a) describing the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America; b) describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence; c) describing colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, free African Americans, indentured servants, and enslaved African Americans; d) identifying the political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain. Skills: USI.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis and responsible citizenship, including the ability to a) identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in United States history to 1865; b) make connections between the past and the present; c) sequence events in United States history from pre-Columbian times to 1865; d) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; e) evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing; f) analyze and interpret maps to explain relationships among landforms, water features, climatic characteristics, and historical events; i) identify the costs and benefits of specific choices made, including the consequences, both intended and unintended, of the decisions and how people and nations responded to positive and negative incentives. USI.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables to b) locate and describe the location of the geographic regions of North America: Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range; d) recognize key geographic features on maps, diagrams, and/or photographs. Credits: Philip Martin clipart, classroomclipart.com
