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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Virtual Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource for teaching about Jamestown. Includes lesson plans, biographies, maps, primary resources, interactives, and lots more.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: James Fort Rediscovered

For Students 3rd - 8th
Jamestown was the first settlement in the United States in 1607. Once thought to have washed away with the James River, historians have found 10,000 artifacts related to the settlement.
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Primary
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The National Center: Settlement of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Settlement of Jamestown" by John Smith from The National Center, including the famous account of Smith being saved by Pocahontas.
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Website
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A History of Jamestown, Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive history of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Includes a very nice timeline and historical background.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Jamestown Changes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This cross-curricular lesson plan guides students to compare primary documents from Jamestown, Virginia to find the changes in life during the first few years of the settlement. This is an excellent plan that provides a link to an...
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Interactive
US Mint

U.s. Mint: Jamestown Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sail to the New World, and take the interactive, story quiz on the first permanent English settlement.