Jamestown Online Adventure
Congratulations!
You have been selected to travel to the New World
to establish a colony. The colonists that settled in Jamestown had a difficult time sustaining the
colony. Almost half the settlers died due to poor choices in settlement
location, management of resources, and quarrels with the Powhatan Indians.
The
year is 1607. Your group is in charge of establishing a colony in the New World. You must make decisions about where the
location of the colony is, how you get food, protect yourself from attackers
and sustain the colony. The colonists of Jamestown
made many poor choices that almost caused the colony not to survive. Will you
do better than the real colonists?
You
will have the opportunity to ask your fellow colonists for advice as well as
Native Americans. Be careful, though, because some advice is better than
others.
GOOD LUCK!
Directions:
1.
log onto www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
2.
Click on Start the Adventure! A new window will pop up and click Start the
Adventure again.
3.
Answer the following questions together AS A GROUP. You may get advice from the
Native Americans or fellow colonists.
4.
Once you have answered all the questions, click “Print Report”. Print 2 copies
of the report – your group will keep a copy and I will need a copy.
5.
You will use the report for the next part of the activity! Look at the results
and compare your choices to what the real Jamestown
colonists did.
