Curriculum Standards

Throughout this WebQuest the students will work with technology, analyzing information that they collect to determine what is most important in the lives of the early English settlers. Based on their decisions, they will have to create or locate items to depict what they feel should be placed in the time capsule. As a group, the students will engage in cooperative learning to present to their classmates their findings and ideas for the time capsule. Individually, the students will also document their findings and reasons for choosing the items they did in a short essay.

The Virginia Standards of Learning to be addressed include:

History and Social Science Standards

Virginia Studies VS.3
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by

• Explaining the reasons for English colonization;
• Describing how geography influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown;
• Identifying the importance of the charters of the Virginia Company of London in establishing the Jamestown settlement;
• Identifying the importance of the Virginia Assembly (1619) as the first representative legislative body in English America;
• Identifying the importance of the arrival of Africans and women to the Jamestown settlement;
• Describing the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival;
• Describing the interactions between the English settlers and the Powhatan people, including the contributions of the Powhatans to the survival of the settlers.

Virginia Studies VS.4
The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia colony by

• Describing how money, barter, and credit were used.

English Standards

Oral Language 4.2
The student will make and listen to oral presentations and reports.

• Use subject-related information and vocabulary.
• Listen to and record information.
• Organize information for clarity.
  

Writing 4.7
The student will write effective narratives and explanations.

• Focus on one aspect of a topic.
• Develop a plan for writing.
• Organize writing to convey a central idea.
• Write several related paragraphs on the same topic.
• Utilize elements of style, including word choice, tone, voice, and sentence variation.
• Edit final copies for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Use available technology.
  

Research 4.9
The student will use information resources to research a topic.

• Collect information.
• Evaluate and synthesize information for use in writing.
• Use available technology.