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Students discuss jettons and their archaeological importance at Jamestown. They then practice using historic counting sheets and artifacts to understand the calculating methods of the early 17th Century, and identify their similarities with modern numeric systems.
Eighth graders draw the paths of the planets in the solar system. In this astronomy lesson, 8th graders calculate speed of objects using distance and time information. They research about the work of scientists in the 16th and 17th century.
Examine popular language and slang and how they have changed over the course of American history. Conduct Internet research, use an online interactive Colonial House website to translate 17th century language into 21st century language, and write 17th century text.
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources? Help your middle schoolers develop a knowledge of appropriate sources to use when doing accurate research. They develop unique ways to incorporate literature in historical research. Additionally, they distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Learners examine the symbolism on a 17th-century cabinet. For this symbolism lesson, students view samples of a 17th century cabinet and identify it's symbols. Learners create their own cabinet by using various art supplies and paint symbols to represent themselves.
Students make paint using the ingredients from recipes from the 17th century. In this paint making lesson plan, students follow a recipe with vegetable oil, eggs, pigment, paintbrushes, and more to make their paint.
What was American life like during the 1600s? Help your class discover facts about the unhealthy conditions at Chesapeake Bay, the tobacco economy, Bacon's Rebellion, colonial slavery, the Salem Witch Trials, and colonial life. Slides are text-driven and void of photos, but provide good information.
Students explore story settings by completing a chart. In this storytelling instructional activity, students read a story about 17th Century France and the lack of women in the area. Students predict the story points before they read and complete a historical worksheet based on the history of France.
Students imagine what it was like to travel to Jamestown on a 17th century ship. In this early American history lesson, students read a handout about the duties of the crew members on 17th century ships and then write diary entries as if they were ship's boys on their way to the Jamestown settlement.
Students gather information about a 15th to 17th century explorer and prepare a script in talk show format about the individual. Finally, students make a video following the script and present it to the class.