Curated OER
Now You See Them, Now You Don't
Students explore the settlement of the Roanoke Colony. They research this Lost Colony and try to predict what happened to them.
Curated OER
You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony
Students develop an idea about what happened at the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In this Roanoke Colony lesson plan, students examine associated vocabulary before listening to Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane...
Curated OER
A Colony is Born : Lesson 4 - What Went Wrong?
Fifth graders compare and contrast two early colonies and make a T chart. They list examples of worked well and what did not, and significant historical events. They use higher order thinking skills by deducing how different scenarios...
Curated OER
The Brief American Pageant: The Planting of the English America
A series of maps illustrate the early growth of English America, which includes the Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia colonies. Settlements such as Jamestown, Roanoke, and Charleston are labeled on the map, allowing a teacher or...
Curated OER
The Roanoke Mystery
Fourth graders hypothesize about what happened on the island of Roanoke. In this South Carolina history instructional activity, 4th graders use primary documents to draw conclusions about what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. This...
Curated OER
Worksheet #20 Questions - New World and Roanoke
In this New World and Roanoke instructional activity, students expand their historical knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned subject.
Curated OER
Roanoke- Reading Selection and Questions
In this Roanoke reading and questions worksheet, students read a two page selection about the colony of Roanoke. They answer 3 multiple choice questions, 5 fill in the blank questions, and 2 true or false questions based on the reading.
Curated OER
Roanoke And Jamestown
Eighth graders engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the investigation of the colonies of Jamestown and Roanoke. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They have class discussion about the two colonies and answer...
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Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: English Settlements in Virginia (1584 1699) [Pdf]
Take a historical walk through the colony of Jamestown. Learn about the main people who influenced the development of this colony, read a list of names of the original settlers, read about the struggles of the first settlers, explore...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Challenges to Spain's Supremacy
This section of a chapter on "Early Globalization" identifies regions where the English, French, and Dutch explored and established settlements, describes the differences among the early colonies, and explains the role of the American...
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Shifting the Balance of Power
This site introduces ideas about how the English became a naval power and competed with the Spanish in settling the New World.
Digital History
Digital History: English Colonization Begins
Understand why the English saw opportunity in making settlements in the New World. After the stumbles in Newfoundland and Roanoke Island, read about the ultimately successful founding of Jamestown Colony.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony
Inspired by Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery From History, students will learn and discuss this mysterious part of American history. Doing their own detective work they will make predictions and come to a conclusion regarding...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Droughts May Have Killed 1st Colonists
For advanced readers, this newspaper article on the "Lost Colony" and Jamestown, is followed by questions with immediate feedback. It can be printed for class use.
Library of Congress
Loc: Virginia Records Timeline 1553 to 1743
This Library of Congress site provides a timeline of historical events in Virginia. It includes the dates from 1553 to 1743.
Curated OER
National Park Service: John White Colony
This site from the National Park Service details John White and the colony of Roanoke.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Britain in the New World: Early Ventures Fail
Several Englishmen sailed to the New World to establish settlements for England. Read about Sir Humphrey Gilbert's fate, and the mystery of Roanoke. Follow Sir Francis Drake on the map as he circumnavigated the globe.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Colonial Settlement: Interactive Timeline
In this interactive timeline see how other European nations, along with the British, colonized America and how events in Europe impacted colonization.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Roanoke Voyages
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1984 to commemorate the voyages to Roanoke Island. Includes a short passage on Sir Walter Raleigh's commissioning of the famous expedition that represents the beginning of English life...
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National Park Service: Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Although Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1578) was not involved directly in the Roanoke voyages, both he and members of his family such as his half-brother Sir Walter Ralegh participated in the colonization of Virginia.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Mystery of Roanoke
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be a great springboard for discussion about the lost colony of Roanoke.