Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Exploring the Founding of America!



Location Activity DescriptionGoogle Earth Content
1.JamestownImagine you are going to start a new colony. Think of 10 items and 5 people you would want to bring with you. Then read about the colony of Jamestown and the hardships they faced. Were they prepared? Would you have been prepared?

Link to http://www.historyisfun.org/History-Jamestown.htm

2.Plymouth
Squanto learned English from traders in Maine. Use the GoogleEarth ruler to find out how far he traveled to get to Plymouth, Massachusetts.

GoogleEarth ruler
Link to http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/

3.New York
Students will explore and read about the geographical features of New York city and brainstorm why it grew to such a prosperous city.


Link to http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic11.html
4.Rhode Island
The settlers of Rhode Island had to leave Massachusetts for religious persecution. Use GoogleEarth ruler to determine how far they had to travel from Salem, MA to Providence, RI. Then write a journal entry on how you would feel having to leave your home for your beliefs.


GoogleEarth ruler
Link to http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
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  1. UnknownOctober 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM

    Sarah,

    This looks like a good activity. I was thinking that it may be interesting for your students to see what New York used to look like and then compare it to today with its sky scrapers using the 3D building layer. A good way to do that is to create an overlay image using an old map or picture.

    Jered

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