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FAST FACTSThe First Settlements page 16Make the bookmark about the first settlements incolonial America, following the directions on page 2.Students read and share interesting facts about thesesettlements. Use the Fast Facts bookmark for a quickreview during transition times throughout the day.

ABOUTThe First Settlements page 17Reproduce this page for students. Read and discussthe important information to remember. Incorporatelibrary and multimedia resources that are available.

ACTIVITIESThe lost Colony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 18Students guess what happened to the Lost Colony ofRoanoke Island and write a short newspaper articleabout it.

Map of Jamestown pages 19 & 20Reproduce these pages for students. Have studentsfollow the directions to re-create a map of theJamestown fort. Provide 12" x 18" (30.5 x 45.5 cm)construction paper for students to compile a booklet,following the directions on page 19.

On the Mayflower pages 21-23Life aboard the Mayflower was difficult. Students learnabout the conditions on the ship as they put togethera booklet about the Mayflower.

The Mayflower Compact page 24Reproduce this page for students. After readingabout the compact the Pilgrim leaders wrote,students are to rewrite it in their own words onthe scroll. Have students cut out the compact andmount it on 9" x 12" (23 x 30.5 cm) black constructionpaper, cutting around the edges to make a border.Encourage students to have at least four classmatessign their compact in ink.

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• One theory about why the Lost Colonydisappeared is that Native Americangroups in the area may have attackedthe colonists .

• The second theory about thedisappearance of the colonists atRoanoke Island is that they may havemoved to the Chesapeake Bay area.

• The third theory for the disappearanceof the colonists was that diseaseor starvation may have struck thesettlement.

• Records show that Virginia Dare was th:first English baby born in America. Shewas born on August 18, 1587,and was cmember of the Lost Colony of RoanokeIsland.

• For the past 200 years, historiansthought the Jamestown fort waswashed into the river. However, sincethe early 1990s, parts of the old forthave been found .

• The winter of 1609 to 1610was calledthe "starving time" for the Jamestownsettlers. They suffered food shortages,and many people died from dysenteryand typhoid fever.

• The Pilgrims moved the cannon fromthe Mayflower and placed it on the topof a steep hill above their new village .

• The Pilgrims rebuilt an old Indian trailinto a road from Plymouth to Boston.

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ABOUTTHE FIRST SETTLEMENTS

England attempted to settle colonies inAmerica as early as the 1500s. John Whiteled a group of colonists to settle near theChesapeake Bay.The small group of about120 people was forced to land on RoanokeIsland instead. The island was harsh, andWhite returned to England for supplies. Ittook him three years to return to RoanokeIsland. When he landed, White discoveredthat all the colonists had disappeared. Thissettlement became known as the LostColony.

Jamestown and Plymouth were the first twopermanent English settlements in NorthAmerica. They were the start of Virginia andMassachusetts, the first two of the originalthirteen colonies.

In 1607 settlers arrived in Jamestown, inChesapeake Bay.Many were wealthy andonly planned to stay lonq enough to findgold. In 1620 Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth,near Cape Cod, seeking freedom to worship.

The Virginians came with a royal charter,meaning they had the permission of theBritish king to colonize. The Pilgrims had noofficial charter. Jamestown colonists namedtheir settlement for England's King James I.Plymouth colonists named theirs for a portin England. They did not want to honor anyBritish monarch!

The first Jamestown settlers were all male.Pilgrims were male and female. Neither of

these groups knew how to farm or hunt.They both learned from the nearby NativeAmericans.

Both Jamestown and Plymouth sufferedgreatly in their first few years in NorthAmerica. Winters were brutal and manysettlers died.

In 1612Jamestown colonists began growingtobacco. They sold a lot of it and prospered.In 1619 the first Africans arrived in Virginia asindentured servants. Soon Virginian tobaccogrowers stopped using indentured servantsand began using African slaves.

Plymouth also grew. In 1630 many morePuritans came to the Massachusetts Bay.Boston was founded that year. Massachusettssettlers began settlements nearby inConnecticut, Rhode Island, and NewHampshire.

These early settlers made some mistakes.However, they were all very brave to movethousands of miles and try to make a life inthe New World.

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Note: Reproduce this page for students to use with "The Lost Colony" activity, as described on page 15.

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THE LOST COLONYIn July 1587 a group of 117men, women, andchildren set sail from England to the New World.Their ship was blown off course, and they landedon Roanoke Island. They faced very difficultliving conditions. Supplies were used up quickly.Their leader, John White, sailed back to Englandfor more supplies. When he returned in 1590,all the settlers had disappeared. The only clues

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to their whereabouts were the word CROATOANcarved on a post and CRO on a tree. White wentto Croatoan Island nearby, but no one was there.White sailed back to England feeling defeated.To this day, no one knows for sure whathappened to the Lost Colony at Roanoke Island.What do you think happened to the Englishsettlers?

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Note: Reproduce pages 19and 20 for students to use with the "Map of Jamestown" activity, as described on page 15.

How to Make the BookletNow follow these directions to make aJamestown booklet.

1.Cut out the Jamestown map, map legend,and information on page 20.

2. Fold your construction paper in half.

3. Place the map near the fold as shown.Draw around the map, leaving a border.

MAP OF JAMESTOWNHow to Make the MapFollow the directions below to add buildings tothe map of Jamestown. Use the map legend asa guide for drawing the buildings.

1. Draw and color the church in the centerof the fort. From 1607 until the 17S0s,Jamestown went through five churches.

2. Draw and color the marketplace locateddirectly in front (southwest) of the church.The marketplace was where people met totrade goods and to learn about news.

3. Draw and color the armory northwestof the marketplace. The armory stored theweapons for the fort. Weapons includedhalberds (axes), pikes (spears), muskets, andsome armor.

4. Draw and color the guardhousenorthwest of the armory near the palisade.The guardhouse was where the guardsstayed and protected the fort.

5. Draw and label the storehouse southeastof the marketplace. The storehousecontained the colonists' most importantbelongings and the food for the fort.

6. Draw and color the bunkhouses on allthree sides of the fort close to the fence lines.Historians think 20 bunkhouses were built.They were small, one-room houses sharedby six to eight men. There were no womenor children when the fort was first built.

7. Draw and color a cannon on each of thebulwarks located on the three corners of thefort. Bulwarks were the raised areas wherecannons were placed.

8. Draw and color the main gate to the forton the southwest palisade. Two smaller gateswere located on the west and south parts ofthe palisade. A third smaller gate was locatedon the east part of the palisade.

4. Cut the construction paper. Do not cut thefold.

5. Glue the map and map legend on theinside of the booklet.

6. Glue the information on the front. Write atitle.

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