The Process

1. First you will be assigned to a team of 3 students. Each student on your team will represent one of the following roles: settler, Native American, and slave.

2. Once you have been assigned a role to play, you will complete the letter as if you were that person, living during the time of early Jamestown. Write the letter in cursive. Be sure that your letter answers the questions outlined in The Task.

3. Click on a link below to find more information about your role.

• Settler
• Native American
• Slave

4. For background information on Jamestown, please visit these links:

Beginning of Jamestown
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994ch1_p6.htm

Jamestown
http://www.williamsburg.com/james/james.html

Jamestown Research
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Jamestown.html

Jamestowne Society
http://www.jamestowne.org/history0.htm

Jamestown Timeline
http://look.net/gunstonelem/GunstonElemF/Jamestown.html

5. To help you with your map, please visit these links:

Interactive Jamestown Fort
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/quicktime/jamestown_fort.html

Jamestown Fort
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/map5.html

Jamestown Fort: The First English Settlement
http://www.apva.org/ngex/jfort.html

6. After you finish researching your roles, come back together and plan your map of the Jamestown settlement. Dont forget to prepare your presentation and decide who will talk about which parts!