We are coming to the end of our study of Jamestown (lesson 2)
At this point you should be completing your notebook activities and be thinking about the "Constructed Response" essay you will be asked to complete.
As you watch the New World movie keep these questions in mind.
The Essential Question for this unit is: How did exploration and interaction among different groups lead to change? (a meeting of cultures in Virginia in 1607)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
Why did the English explore and settle Jamestown?
Who were the English settlers, and why did they come to the New World?
What was the meeting (or collision) of cultures in Virginia like?
Why was survival in the colony so difficult?
Was the settlement of Jamestown a success or failure? (Who was responsible? How was the colony a success?)
What were positive and negative impacts of this contact?
What were lasting changes to both cultures?
At this point you should be completing your notebook activities and be thinking about the "Constructed Response" essay you will be asked to complete.
As you watch the New World movie keep these questions in mind.
The Essential Question for this unit is: How did exploration and interaction among different groups lead to change? (a meeting of cultures in Virginia in 1607)
FOCUS QUESTIONS:
Why did the English explore and settle Jamestown?
Who were the English settlers, and why did they come to the New World?
What was the meeting (or collision) of cultures in Virginia like?
Why was survival in the colony so difficult?
Was the settlement of Jamestown a success or failure? (Who was responsible? How was the colony a success?)
What were positive and negative impacts of this contact?
What were lasting changes to both cultures?