Resources/Influences
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Information on tree rings
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/What-Do-Tree-Rings-Show-Us
http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/stemsrings.htm
Video about the deaths in Jamestown, "Secrets of the Dead"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/lessons/lp_jamestown_videos.html
Description of Virginia by John Smith, primary source
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1008
A lot of great resources including tons of primary source texts
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
Great resource for teachers about Jamestown, including ideas for teaching
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdfbooks/jamestown-teacher%20with%20pictures%205-8-03.pdf
Jamestown timeline
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=29
Information on the settlement and establishment of the fort
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=178
Interesting video collage about Native American stereotypes taught to children through tv/movies-would have been great if I'd been doing a lesson on social issues and stereotyping
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=178
Unit on Jamestown with activity ideas
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdfbooks/life_at_jamestown.pdf
Information on the Starving Time
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter07/starving.cfm
John Smith on the Starving Time
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/virginia/docs/starve.html (primary source)
All about John Smith
http://seacoastnh.com/arts/please111899.html
Unit on Jamestown-I adapted one of the activities for my unit (Part of my Lesson 2 is adapted from "The First Residents of Jamestown" activity on this website)
http://www.nohum.k12.ca.us/TAH/ContentLiteracy/Jamestown%20Centers.pdf
Website about Jamestown for kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jamestown.htm
Poem titled "The Starving Time, Jamestown 1610" by Henry Hart
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n2/poetry/hart_h/jamestown.htm
A lot of resources for students and teachers about Jamestown
http://13colonies.pppst.com/jamestown.html
Jamestown games for kids
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/jamestown.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/ (about John Smith)
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ (talks about the instructions given to colonists, decisions, etc.)
Cool interactive tool that shows what the fort might have looked like
http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1619206,00.html
Food in Jamestown
http://www.hushpuppynation.com/tag/food-at-jamestown/
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/exhibit/eats.html?process=0
Interesting article about the water quality and theory of arsenic poisoning in Jamestown
http://www.history.com/news/2011/10/17/did-jamestowns-settlers-drink-themselves-to-death/
Information on tree rings
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/What-Do-Tree-Rings-Show-Us
http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/stemsrings.htm
Video about the deaths in Jamestown, "Secrets of the Dead"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/lessons/lp_jamestown_videos.html
Description of Virginia by John Smith, primary source
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1008
A lot of great resources including tons of primary source texts
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/
Great resource for teachers about Jamestown, including ideas for teaching
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdfbooks/jamestown-teacher%20with%20pictures%205-8-03.pdf
Jamestown timeline
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=29
Information on the settlement and establishment of the fort
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=178
Interesting video collage about Native American stereotypes taught to children through tv/movies-would have been great if I'd been doing a lesson on social issues and stereotyping
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=178
Unit on Jamestown with activity ideas
http://www.historyisfun.org/pdfbooks/life_at_jamestown.pdf
Information on the Starving Time
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter07/starving.cfm
John Smith on the Starving Time
http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/virginia/docs/starve.html (primary source)
All about John Smith
http://seacoastnh.com/arts/please111899.html
Unit on Jamestown-I adapted one of the activities for my unit (Part of my Lesson 2 is adapted from "The First Residents of Jamestown" activity on this website)
http://www.nohum.k12.ca.us/TAH/ContentLiteracy/Jamestown%20Centers.pdf
Website about Jamestown for kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/jamestown.htm
Poem titled "The Starving Time, Jamestown 1610" by Henry Hart
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v1n2/poetry/hart_h/jamestown.htm
A lot of resources for students and teachers about Jamestown
http://13colonies.pppst.com/jamestown.html
Jamestown games for kids
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/jamestown.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/ (about John Smith)
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ (talks about the instructions given to colonists, decisions, etc.)
Cool interactive tool that shows what the fort might have looked like
http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1619206,00.html
Food in Jamestown
http://www.hushpuppynation.com/tag/food-at-jamestown/
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/exhibit/eats.html?process=0
Interesting article about the water quality and theory of arsenic poisoning in Jamestown
http://www.history.com/news/2011/10/17/did-jamestowns-settlers-drink-themselves-to-death/