Day One.
Your task for today is to complete the research on figures/places from Virginia's past. Use your research notebook to compile your data. Focus on answering the questions to guide you to the answers you seek! If you find an interesting fact along the way, keep track in your research notebook.
As you research, look for highlighted text!
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As you research, look for highlighted text!
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Werowocomoco
Watch the following clip for a review of a Powhatan Indian Village.
Find the answers.......What does knowing about the village have to do with Pocahantas and John Smith? Your environment influences decisions you make. Find out where the couple first met.....
*Where was Werowocomoco located?
*Who lived there and who was the leader? Are you recording your
*Why did the people locate there? answers in your Field Journal?
*Who left and why?
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/vacities/werowocomoco.html
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/werowocomoco-researchers-hunt-secrets-under-ruins
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/digs_powhatan.html?c=y&page=1
From the following site: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone
*click on and explore the village
*when you see the box that says Finding Powhatan's Village: What have they discovered?
open and listen to the story....what were the ditches for, what was the large structure on the other
side of the trenches, what happened there?
Look at Page 6 of this document:
https://docs.google.com/a/richmond.edu/viewer?a=v&q=cache:h-AylYs4YmQJ:www.historyisfun.org/visitus/documents/LivingwiththeIndians.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESir1Uo9nYGsvQ-Q4eAm3NfzwOtB0EwwiF-U0gKHi-uGbqhmUGYbUqwSu2EBqWR2oFIuJHMWxgHWs09-wn-Eeg5YJ1p4Nm0oEmYzcc-LNDV6vSlYHa5Q2Cv5X1A0pwH87CHy7VX_&sig=AHIEtbRN-foIaCrong8sZ1TLupJLF56E7Q
*Where was Werowocomoco located?
*Who lived there and who was the leader? Are you recording your
*Why did the people locate there? answers in your Field Journal?
*Who left and why?
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/vacities/werowocomoco.html
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/werowocomoco-researchers-hunt-secrets-under-ruins
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/digs_powhatan.html?c=y&page=1
From the following site: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone
*click on and explore the village
*when you see the box that says Finding Powhatan's Village: What have they discovered?
open and listen to the story....what were the ditches for, what was the large structure on the other
side of the trenches, what happened there?
Look at Page 6 of this document:
https://docs.google.com/a/richmond.edu/viewer?a=v&q=cache:h-AylYs4YmQJ:www.historyisfun.org/visitus/documents/LivingwiththeIndians.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESir1Uo9nYGsvQ-Q4eAm3NfzwOtB0EwwiF-U0gKHi-uGbqhmUGYbUqwSu2EBqWR2oFIuJHMWxgHWs09-wn-Eeg5YJ1p4Nm0oEmYzcc-LNDV6vSlYHa5Q2Cv5X1A0pwH87CHy7VX_&sig=AHIEtbRN-foIaCrong8sZ1TLupJLF56E7Q
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Pocahantas
Beautiful princess, only child?
We all know the story of Pocahantas....or do we? Watch the video clips below. Use the following sites to find the answers to the questions that we all want to know!
Are you recording your answers in your Field Research Journal?
*What happened between Pocahantas and John Smith?
*How old was Pocahantas when she met John Smith? What was her tribal name?
*What truly happened in history...did she save him from death or is there another possibility?
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/adlit08.ush.begin.pocamyth/
(Select VIEW by the Myth of Pocahantas
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/adlit08.ush.begin.pocareveal/
(Select VIEW by the Pocahantas Revealed)
*What role did Pocahantas play between her tribe and the English colonists?
*Did Pocahantas marry.....who?...when?....where?....did she have a family?
*When Pocahantas died, what did she die from?....where is her grave located?
*What do you know about her child/children?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050801310.html
Go to Google Earth, type in Gravesend, Kent, England. It is located near the Thames.
Watch the following clips for more information about Pocahantas.
Are you recording your answers in your Field Research Journal?
*What happened between Pocahantas and John Smith?
*How old was Pocahantas when she met John Smith? What was her tribal name?
*What truly happened in history...did she save him from death or is there another possibility?
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/adlit08.ush.begin.pocamyth/
(Select VIEW by the Myth of Pocahantas
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/adlit08.ush.begin.pocareveal/
(Select VIEW by the Pocahantas Revealed)
*What role did Pocahantas play between her tribe and the English colonists?
*Did Pocahantas marry.....who?...when?....where?....did she have a family?
*When Pocahantas died, what did she die from?....where is her grave located?
*What do you know about her child/children?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050801310.html
Go to Google Earth, type in Gravesend, Kent, England. It is located near the Thames.
Watch the following clips for more information about Pocahantas.
CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed Day One! Be sure to submit your
Fact Finder to your Project Director to obtain your Go Stamp for Day Two.
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Homework:
You must write your story of the observations you made today! Pick one topic, Pocahantas or Werowocomoco and write a two paragraph story including the facts you learned today. Be sure to include an illustration, grammar and punctuation are important..your reader is from England, be creative....as they read your story they should be able to see through your eyes! Your work is due tomorrow!