Jamestown 1607

Introduction

                                                 

As a class we just finished reading "Blood on the River: James Town 1607", which is a historical fiction chapter book. We saw the colonization of James Town through the eyes of Samuel, a fictional character. Or was it really fiction?

Have you ever wondered if the stories of Pocahontas, John Smith and others were true?  Were these people real?  Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America?  Why did those people come to North America? How did the local Native Americans react to the settlers?

 These are all questions that you answer after you take the time to Discover the Jamestown Settlement.  This WebQuest will take you through this time period in history to find answers, view videos, and then share those answers with your classmates in a PowerPoint presentation. 

Task

      

1. With an assigned partner, students will complete this webquest on the Jamestown settlement.

2. Students will have some time in class to do some research, but should plan on completing alot of this   The division of work will be equal, and is listed in the process section.  

         

3. Students will follow links to do research, related to specific questions. 

4. As they are looking through information, they will be taking notes (on a provided graphic organizer) but also making inferences about what they are reading. 

5. Once all sections of graphic organizer are complete, students will join together to talk about what they researched.  The group will synthesize all information to answer the culminating question:

       Were the settlers successful in America? Why or why not?

6.  Finally, students will create one group PowerPoint presentation of their information.  This will be presented to the class.

Process

1. Divide class into groups of 3 (assigned by teacher).

2. Hand out graphic organizer.  (each member will need one)

3. Read through introduction page.

4. Here we go!!!  Some work for this WebQuest will be done individually, and some will be done as a group.

  •  Start together, by following the link to the map of Jamestown Settlement. One of you will need to save this picture and add it to your Powerpoint presentation.

                     http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/Indians-Lesson-1/Map.pdf 

5. Now you are ready to do some work individually.

  • There are three questions to answer on your graphic organizer.
                      Each one of you will follow the links that go with your question.
                      When you have found a complete answer to your question, you will
                      fill in the the information on your paper. 
  •  Pick who will do each of the questions.  Once you have divided the
                        work, you will work on your own computer to follow the links, and
                        find the answers to your question(s).

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Partner 1:      Read the links listed below the questions.  You need to write at least 3 sentences to answer the first question.

  Why they came to America?      

http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jamestown.htm
video: http://wmstreaming.whro.org/whro/jamestown/voyage1.asf

When they came to America: (you only need a 1 sentence answer for this question)
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-ViewArticle.aspx?pin=wwwwak-464&article_id=677&chapter_id=15&chapter_title=United_States&article_title=U.S._History_Timeline:_1492-1783

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Partner 2:          Choose one important person you would like to research for your group.         Then follow the links listed below that person.  Read through the information so that you will be able to answer, "Why is he/she important? What did he/she do?"  Make sure you are able to answer both questions!!
Pocahontas:

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/pocahonta

http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/lesson6/Young%20Pocahontas%20bio%2011%2006.pdf

John Smith:

http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/lesson6/John%20Smith.pdf
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/johnsmithdef.htm

John Rolfe:

http://www.apva.org/ngex/rolfe.html

Read the first paragraph of: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/jrolfe.html

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Partner 3
You will be writing 2 descriptive paragraphs.  The first paragraph will answer the following question:
What was life like for the settlers?  (tell what went well, what went wrong, did the settlers enjoy life in Jamestown?)

watch this video clip to help you answer this question:     http://wmstreaming.whro.org/whro/jamestown/legacy2.asf

 The second question you will answer is: What was daily life like for the Powhatan Indians?


http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/powhatan_kids.htm
watch the following video clip, this will also help you answer this question:

http://wmstreaming.whro.org/whro/jamestown/indians1.asf
Now that you have read about both questions.  Write a three (or more) sentence paragraph to answer EACH question.

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6. After each partner has finished answering his/her questions, you will join together again to answer the last question on your paper:

         Do you think the settlers were successful in America? To answer this question, you will discuss together what you learned. You will talk about each aspect and whether you think they made good decisions.  Think about why they came, if they achieved their goal.  Was life easy for them?  Did most of them live to have the success together?  Did the settlement last?

There are many things to think about, even more that you may be thinking about.  So, together you will need to make a decision and write a 3 sentence paragraph describing whether or not the settlers were successful in America.

 7. Show your graphic organizer papers to your teacher to check whether you have included all information and completed each section successfully.

8.  Now you will take the information from your paper to create a PowerPoint presentation of everything you have learned.
             Your PowerPoint must include the following slides: --Title Page (names of your group members and title of presentation) --A map of area (this was saved to your network drive) You must also include  a caption telling why you think they chose this area (inferring) --Partner 1 information (make sure that you write the questions as well as the answers that partner 1 has written) (summarizing) --Partner 2 information (Clearly make a heading of the name of the person           chosen, then include the information that partner 2 has written) (analysis, summarizing) --Partner 3 information (have a heading for each group of people--settlers and Native Americans, with the paragraph below each heading)                (synthesis of information) --Evaluation of Success of Settlers--this is your group paragraph. (write the heading before you write the paragraph)
You will create this PowerPoint together and save it to one person's network.  You need to have this person be the one who has already saved your map of Jamestown, so that can be inserted into your presentation.

 Tell the teacher you are done, let her review it, make changes as needed.

 CONGRATULATIONS!! You completed this WebQuest!

Evaluation
                              
Evaluation Rubric   
    4 (E)                            3 (S)                          2 (S-)   1 (N)                          Score
  Attractiveness                            Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. No more than 2 pictures per slide. Background is not too busy.                      Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Occassional slide with more than 2 pictures or a busy background slide.                      Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. 3 pictures per slide, some backgrounds are busy.                      Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. 4 or more pictures per slide and many busy backgrounds.                        /4                   
  Content (score X2)                                     Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.                      Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.                    Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.                      Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors                                /8                   
  Organization                            Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. Each slide is clearly labeled.                      Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. Slide headings might be confusing.                      Content is logically organized for the most part. Slide headings only appear on some of the slides.                      There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. There are no slide headings.                      /4                   
  Presentation                                    Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.                      Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.                      Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.                      Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.                      /4                   
Total Score: /20
Conclusion
                                                                                                                                                                    

CONGRATULATIONS again for completing this WebQuest.  You have learned not only when and why the English came to North American, but you also know how it affected the local Native Americans, and what they did while they were here. You told about important people that were involved with the Jamestown Settlement: John Smith, John Rolfe, and Pocahontas.  You even were able to tell whether or not their journey to Virginia was successful. 
You have learned a lot, now let's see if you can put that knowledge to the ultimate test! Follow the link below to take you to The Jamestown Online Adventure! You will need to make many important decisions to help the settlers survive in the world.  Use your knowledge to help you!!

 Click on the link, once the page opens, scroll down and click on "Start the Adventure!"

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
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