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Curated OER

You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop an idea about what happened at the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In this Roanoke Colony lesson plan, students examine associated vocabulary before listening to Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane...
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Curated OER

Timelining North Carolina's Big Mystery: The Lost Colony

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina. They create and publish a multimedia timeline using technology and printed resources.
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Curated OER

The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the Lost Colony of Roanoke by interpreting John White's diary as a primary source.
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Curated OER

The Lost Colony

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders act as FBI investigators to "solve" the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. They decide how they would investigate the situation and develop their own conclusions of what happened these colonists.
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Curated OER

The Roanoke Mystery

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders hypothesize about what happened on the island of Roanoke. For this South Carolina history lesson, 4th graders use primary documents to draw conclusions about what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke. This mini-unit of...
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Curated OER

Now You See Them, Now You Don't

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the settlement of the Roanoke Colony. They research this Lost Colony and try to predict what happened to them.
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Curated OER

Roanoke And Jamestown

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the investigation of the colonies of Jamestown and Roanoke. They conduct research using a variety of resources. They have class discussion about the two colonies and answer key...
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Curated OER

Mystery in History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research United States history by exploring Roanoke Island. In this colony lesson, 5th graders identify North Carolina geography and the lost colony of Roanoke Island. Students complete a worksheet displaying the facts and...
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Curated OER

Whatever Happened to Virginia Dare?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students determine what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke. For this colonial America lesson, students complete a classroom activity about Virginia Dare and write essays that address the legends of the lost colony.
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Curated OER

What Really Happened?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students read about the settlers in one of the first American colonies. They brainstorm ideas about what they think happened to the settlers. They write their version of what happened at Roanoke Island Colony.
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Curated OER

Jamestown Journey Part 1

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work to solve one of the major problems facing the Jamestown settlers, the best location to settle upon arrival in Jamestown. Students discuss and review the past European and American events that lead to the...
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Early English Settlements History Detectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young historians play the role of history detectives as they investigate some primary source texts and images related to the early colonization of America, The Jamestown Settlement, and the Mayflower Compact. 
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Curated OER

North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this North Carolina instructional activity, students read about the early history of North Carolina and answer true and false questions about it. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Other

Ncdcr: Birth of a Colony: North Carolina: The Roanoke Voyages, 1584 1590 [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This is a teaching guide that accompanies the third section of the UNC-TV film, Birth of a Colony: North Carolina. This section looks at the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island.
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Huntington Library

Early English Exploration and Settlement of the Colony of Virginia

For Teachers 5th
In this lesson plan, 5th graders learn about the individuals and groups who first founded the different colonies in America and what their motivations were. Students participate in a reader's theater activity, create a poster that would...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery From History, students will learn and discuss this mysterious part of American history. Doing their own detective work they will make predictions and come to a conclusion regarding...