JAMESTOWN ADVENTURE

We are have begun our study of the Southeast Region of the United States. One important sight we visited was Jamestown, Virginia. Life was tough for the people in this early settlement. Food was scarce because they did not know much about hunting and gathering in this new land. Also, many came down with illnesses from mosquitoes. But, in the end they overcame all these challenges to create a successful and rich colony. Try your hand at living like an early settler in this on-line game. Just click on the picture to try JAMESTOWN ADVENTURE.

State Standards Covered: 6. Define and give examples of natural resources in the United States. (E)  7. Give examples of limited and unlimited resources and explain how scarcity compels people and communities to make choices about goods and services, giving up some things to get other things. (E)  Identify the five different European countries (France, Spain, England, Russia, and the Netherlands) that influenced different regions of the present United States at the to place names, architectural features, and language.  Grade 4 Learning Standards (continued) Describe the diverse nature of the American people by identifying the distinctive contributions to American culture of:   major European immigrant groups who have come to America, locating their  countries of origin and where they tended to settle in large numbers (e.g., English, Germans, Italians, Scots, Irish, Jews, Poles, and Scandinavians)