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Educational Projects
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Colony Selection Simulation
This simulation puts students in the stakeholder
position of being employed by Sir Walter Ralegh to
select potential colonists for the first English
settlement in the New World. The simulation requires
students to review information on sixteen potential
colonists, and select only ten. By limiting the
choices, students have to make difficult decisions
concerning the need for specific professions, and
the possibility of leaving some family members
behind.
LA, SS, Math, Science, Arts
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Lost Colony Learning Contract
This contract offers a variety of activities intended to
appeal to multiple intelligences, varied interests and a
range of abilities. Students choose the activities to
complete, and the teacher determines the minimum amount
of time to be invested.
Photo: Postcard and a photo sent in from
a parent whose child created a model of The Lost
Colony
stage as part of their NC school project.
Students in NC Schools are required to learn about their
state history and The Lost Colony. Test reads:
"Here is a picture of my son's NC project. Queen
Elizabeth is on the right in her royal colors and
Virginia Dare is left of center near the back."
Science
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Technology in 1587
Given a list of inventions, students are asked to
research the development of these technologies to
determine if they could have been available to the
colonists, then brainstorm all of the effects of their
presence or absence.
Math
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Miles to Go Before We Sleep!
Using the original travel narrative, students are asked
to map the journey of Governor John White’s fourth
voyage to Virginia, calculate the greatest possible
speed that the ships could have traveled each day, and
develop hypotheses about the variances in speed.
SS, Math
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Statistical Analysis of 1587 Colonists
Given the list of 1587 colonists, students must first
determine the best kind of graph to depict various
information about the composition of the colony’s
population. Then they choose one graph to complete and,
using the information from their graph, advise Sir
Walter Ralegh on whether or not those ratios would have
been advisable. (For example, ratios of women to men,
male leaders to overall population, etc.)
SS, LA, Science
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What's Wrong with This Picture? |
Teacher's Edition
Students are given a list of headlines that have hidden
discrepancies in information. The students are to
determine which headlines could not have been true
(acknowledging that the colonists would not have had
newspapers!), and state what discrepancies make it
impossible.
SS, LA
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Pilgrims and Lost Colony: The Plymouth Connection
Both the pilgrims who settled Plymouth Rock in
Massachusetts and the lost colonists of Roanoke Island
sailed from Plymouth, England. Students are asked to
compare and critically analyze issues surrounding the
two groups of colonists, and determine which group they
would have been more likely to join.
SS, Science, LA, Arts
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Independent Investigation: Great People of the 16th
Century
Students will be allowed to choose an individual from
the 16th Century whose life and contributions are of
interest to them. Individuals include artists,
musicians, religious and political leaders and
scientists. After completing the research on the
selected individual, students are asked to submit a
recommendation to Sir Walter Ralegh concerning whether
or not the individual would have made a good colonist.
The students must consider the age, character traits,
health, family and other relevant information about the
individual. Presentations are made in the medium of the
student’s choice.
SS, LA,
Technology
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Webquest: The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Using a webquest developed by a third grade teacher in
Virginia, students are divided into teams of four — one
journalist/host and three historians. Using primary
documents, each team must ultimately present their own
hypothesis concerning the cause of the lost colony’s
disappearance and support their conclusion with
evidence.
Technology, SS, LA
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Web Site Links
Students and teachers are provided a list of web sites
which contain information pertinent to the study of the
Lost Colony. |
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