Jamestown - 1607

Taking off from the History of the World curriculum. We do the regular stuff: read the story, answer questions about what we read and then write a summary. From there we also read the following books "Who's Saying What in Jamestown, Thomas Savage?" by Jean Fritz, from the Dear American series "Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth's Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609" by Hermes, "James Towne Struggle for Survival" by Marcia Sewall and for the older set (middle school/high school) "The Paradox of Jamestown (1585-1700)" by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Colier. "The Paradox of Jamestown" is about the social/political importance of Jamestown for our country as a whole. I am reading this book along with my middle schooler and having discussion sessions after each chapter -- this will carry on a few weeks as we continue to explore the third book in the "History of the World" series. "History of the World" activity book has a great activity to show how shareholders work -- my kids, both ages, enjoyed trying to trick each other into investing in certain "ships". Oh, and a video "National Geographic, The New World, Nightmare in Jamestown" don't shy away because of the title but definitely pre-view -- you know your kids best!