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"Adding It Up" at James Fort Lesson Plan"Adding It Up" at James Fort Lesson Plan
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"Adding It Up" at James Fort

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Young scholars 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.

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currency, the seventeenth century, math strategies

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17th century, currency, james fort, math strategies, math
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Grade
3rd - 4th
Subjects
Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice

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