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The Jamestown Colony

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 6
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Jamestown Colony
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will be introduced to the colony of Jamestown and will be able to identify and locate the settlement, and explain its significance in the history of America.

SS.6.G.2.1 Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative locations have influenced settlement, interactions, and the economies of ancient civilizations of the world.
SS.6.G.2.5 Interpret how geographic boundaries invite or limit interaction with other regions and cultures.
SS.6.G.3.1 Explain how the physical landscape has affected the development of agriculture and industry in the ancient world.
SS.6.G.4.2 Use maps to trace significant migrations, and analyze their results.
SS.6.W.1.1 Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.
SS.6.W.2.3 Identify the characteristics of civilization.

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Video : Introduction and Overview of the Jamestown Colony

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

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Resources : Extended Information

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13 Colonies (Jamestown)

Jamestown-Social Studies for Kids

Jamestown History-3 video series

Quiz : Jamestown Introduction Quiz

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

Name three reasons people from Europe would want to jouey to the Americas?

Student Response

Question #2

If you had a choice in the 1600s, would you have wanted to travel on one of the ships to North America? Why or why not?

Student Response

Question #3

The House of Burgesses gave settlers (colonists) the power to...

A) Be involved in creating their own laws

B) Determine if laws had been broken

C) Be free of British rule under King James I

D) Enforce rules of the settlement

Question #4

In the summer of 1607, this country sent about 110 men to the "new world" to establish a permanent colony. This colony was named Jamestown.

A) France

B) Spain

C) England

D) Portugal

Question #5

When the Colonists landed in Jamestown, what Native American tribe was living in the area?

A) Cahokians

B) Anasazi

C) Hohokam

D) Powhatan

Question #6

The tough environment of the Virginia coast spurred Native Tribes to:

A) Band together for strength

B) Abandon hunting in favor of farming

C) Move farther inland

D) Attack European settlements

Question #7

Most of Jamestown early settlers were motivated by a desire for:

A) Wealth

B) Religious Freedom

C) Self-Rule

D) Scientific Knowledge

Question #8

What made Jamestown's original location so difficult to settle?

A) It was far from the shore

B) It was unoccupied

C) It was a mosquito-infested swamp

D) It was claimed by the Spanish

Question #9

Pocahontas's role in interactions between the Powhatan and the English was most similar to

A) A spy

B) A merchant

C) A warrior

D) An ambassador

Question #10

The Virginia Company of London relied on money from _____ to set up Jamestown

A) King James I

B) Private Investors

C) Government Taxes

D) Foreign Allies

Description: This quiz will assess what you have learned about the Jamestown Colony

Standards: SS.6.G.2.1, SS.6.G.2.5, SS.6.G.3.1, SS.6.G.4.2, SS.6.W.1.1, SS.6.W.2.3

Video : Introduction and Overview of the Jamestown Colony

Resources : Extended Information

Quiz : Jamestown Introduction Quiz