Teacher Guide for APPLESEEDS: Growing up in JamestownSeptember 2006
Teacher's Guide prepared by Celestine Smith Candida, middle school history teacher at St. Mark's Episcopal School in Downey, CA
The English Arrive- Pages 2-3 1. After reading this selection, have students: * Keep diary entries during the 4 1/2 month journey. Special entries could be written about celebrating Christmas aboard ship and the various exotic things they saw when they stopped in the Canary Island, Dominica and Mona.
* Create an illustrated map charting their journey from England to Virginia. Use a blank world map, and include the following: a map key showing the countries the ships visited; a compass rose, identify the countries they visited, the bodies of water
* Research the islands that the English stopped at before reaching Virginia. Then make posters about the islands.
In the Beginning: English Boys in Virginia- Pages 4-8 1. Have students write an essay describing what life was like for Nathaniel Peacock, Sam Collier and Richard Mutton on their diary entries.
2. Use the information in these diary entries for role playing. Have students pretend to be the boys and a newspaper or television reporter. Ask questions based on the material in the entries.
Tsenacomoco-My World- Pages 9-13
1. Make a comparison chart for students to fill out while reading this article. The headings are : Life as Amonute; Life as Pocahontas; Life as Rebecca. Have a discussion based on their findings.
Bound for New Life- Pages 14-16
1. Why were children being kidnapped and sent to Jamestown?
2. What was an indentured servant?
Trading Boys, Trading Cultures- Pages 17-19
1. Why was Thomas Savage "offered" to Chief Powhatan?
2. Why was Namontack given in exchange for Thomas?
3. How long did Savage stay with the Powhatans?
4. Why did Capt. Newport take Namontack to England?
5. Who was Henry Spelman?
"I Won't Give Up"-Pages 24-20
1. Twenty captured Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619.Have students discuss what it would feel like if they were uprooted from their surroundings and taken to a foreign place.
Up in Smoke- Page 27
1. Have students do further research on the Starving Time (1609-1610), John Rolf and tobacco.
Digging Up History on Jamestown Island- Pages 30-31
1. Let students pretend they are archaeologists. Collect clean garbage (bones, old mail, toothbrushes, empty food containers, etc.) and then bury it. Students must find "artifacts" and then measure it, draw it and describe it. Students will take this information and write their findings about this "culture."
Lech, a Jamestown Glassmaker- Pages 32-33
1. Assign a compare and contract on glassmaking. Students will be comparing how glass was made in the past and present.
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