Visiting the Powhatan Indian Village.
Grinding corn.
Making tools.
Scraping fur to make hide for clothes.
Carving a canoe.
The English fort.
The Susan Constant.
They slept 2 men to a bunk on this cargo ship. It took 4.5 months to sail from England.
Learning how to tie different knots.
Inside the fort.
The Armory.
In 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. They were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. The community suffered terrible hardships in its early years, but managed to endure, earning the distinction of being America's first permanent English colony.
We learned about Jamestown's beginnings in England as well as the cultures of the Powhatan Indians, Europeans and Africans who converged in the early 1600s.
The girls loved the film, the museum, the ships, and all the different hands on experiences. We also learned the true story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.
Did you know?
Of the first 104 English settlers at Jamestown in 1607, four were boys. Several boys were sent to live with the Powhatan Indians so they could learn the language and customs and then return to the English to become interpreters.
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