LESSON / UNIT TITLE: Jamestown
Teacher Name(s): Christopher Koschak and David M. Dimoff
School District(s): Sullivan County School District and East Lycoming School District
Building(s): Sullivan County High School and Hughesville High School
Grade Level: 9th
Subject: American History
Time Required: 3 Days
Lesson/Unit Summary (2-3 sentence synopsis):
Disease, Native American resistance, and hunger nearly contributed to the failure of Jamestown. Cash crops, such as tobacco, prevented the colony from failing.
Essential Questions for Lesson/Unit
What were the goals of England’s explorers?
What challenges did Jamestown’s early settlers face?
What was the role of tobacco in Virginia and how did it contribute to Bacon’s Rebellion?
Why were relations uneasy between English settlers and Native Americans?
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