Jamestown:  A Storypath Lesson
Grade 5

Michigan Curriculum Framework for Social Studies

• Perspective: History
• Standards and Benchmarks: Standard I, Benchmark 2

Today we are going to view a video of Jamestown so that you can get a better understanding of the setting and people who lived in Jamestown.
Learning Objective: Students will re-create the setting at Jamestown.
Benefits of the Objective: Students will have a better understanding of what Jamestown looked like.

Hands-on-activity: Drawing and discussing

1. Show the students a clip of Pocahontas. Tell them to look for how the charactares are dressed and also what Jamestown looked like because they will have to re-create some elements of Jamestown.
2. After movie clip, ask students to draw pictures of what Jamestown looked like and also what style of clothing the people wore.
3. After drawings are done, have the students show their picture and explain to the group.

1. What would have made the relationship between the settlers and the Native Americans better?
2. What would you have done to improve Jamestown?

1. From your knowledge, how do you think that the movie differs from what really happened in Jamestown?
2. Show the students pictures of what Jamestown really looked like. Ask them what they see in the pictures that differs from what they saw in the movie.

1. Draw a picture of what you now think Jamestown looked like.
2. Compare and contrast what you noticed about Jamestown back then and Mount Pleasant today.