Our group has found some excellent books about the most early colonies, Roanoke and Jamestown. The Roanoke book is called
Mystery of History-the Lost Colony of Roanoke. The Jamestown book is called
Blood on the River. We will choose 1 for our class and read and discuss it together. Building on what we learned from Dr. Fran Macko over the summer, we will be deepening the knowledge by exposing the students to a total of 3 sources, including the book. We have compiled a list of sources on a shared Google doc. We have plays the students can read in a reader's theater format, we have biographies of important figures from the 2 colonies, and some primary sources. Once we've had a chance to study the colony from 3 different sources, we'll embark on a writing assignment.
A persuasive writing assignment can be completed for Roanoke. Students can determine what happened to Roanoke based on the possible theories, and try to persuade us using evidence from our studies.
A narrative writing assignment can be completed for Jamestown. Our group member Teresa will be focused on this type of writing. We are all pretty excited about this idea!
