In the DVD “Meet Joan Peirce” Joan tells us that in 1638 Virginia is a good place to live.Turn your students into investigative reporters and have them decide whether she is right or not.
In 1619 the Virginia Company of London sent 75 boys and 24 girls—poor orphans from the city of London—to Virginia as indentured servants.Turn your students into these poor orphans and have them decide whether they would have been willing to work as apprentices in the re-established glassmaking industry at Jamestown versus remaining on a tobacco farm.
“Where America Began: Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg & Yorktown”
Virginia’s Historic Triangle has been called the place where America began and is a popular destination for school groups.Turn your class into educational travel consultants.Have them recommend the best sites for a school group to visit in order to understand how Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown contributed to the founding of America.