This lesson provides a great opportunity for students to engage in real historical inquiry with prepared sources. The lesson is displayed in three locations on the site: the student view, which guides the student through the activity; the teacher view, which provides additional background information; and a PDF file that contains scripted instructions for the lesson.

Concepts

jamestown, john smith, pocahontas, starvation

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Additional Tags

jamestown colony, powhatan, starving time, settlers' hardships at jamestown

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)