Learners

This WebQuest is designed for fourth grade history and social science and involves English and art to a lesser extent. This lesson can also be adapted to additional grades studying the settlement of Jamestown by increasing or decreasing the length of the accompanied writing assignment. Furthermore, additional subjects such as mathematics may be included if a stronger focus is placed on the money, barter, and credit systems that were used during the early 1600s.

In order to perform this lesson, the students will need to have a basic understanding of the Internet and web pages. The students will also need to utilize skills designed for historical and geographical analysis as explained in the Virginia Standards of Learning VS.1 for History and Social Science:

The student will:

• Identify and interpret artifacts and understand events in history;
• Determine cause and effect relationships;
• Compare and contrast historical events;
• Draw conclusions and make generalizations;
• Make connections between past and present;
• Sequence events in Virginia history;
• Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;
• Evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing.