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Jamestown Unit: Virginia Studies – VA SOL VS.3

This Jamestown Unit comes with 8 hands-on lessons that combine Virginia Studies and language arts skills! Everything you need for teaching about the Virginia Company of London, reasons for settlement, hardships at Jamestown, the arrival of women and Africans, and the General Assembly can be found here. Save time planning, and your students will love completing the hands-on activities found in this unit.

For a closer look at the activities in this unit, see the product images at the top of the page!

What topics are covered in this Jamestown Unit?

This Jamestown Unit includes 8 detailed lesson plans. All lessons are hands-on and incorporate literacy skills. Students will —

• explain the reasons for English colonization
• describe the economic and geographic influences on the decision to settle at Jamestown
• describethe importance of the Virginia Company of London Charter in establishing the Jamestown colony
• describe the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival including, but not limited to trade with the Powhatan, the leadership of Captain John Smith, land ownership, and the successful commercial cultivation of tobacco the interactions between the English colonists and the Indigenous people, including the role of the Powhatan in the survival of the colonists
• explain how tobacco led to race-based enslavement in Virginia
• analyze the impact of the arrival of Africans and women to the Jamestown settlement
• identify the significance of establishing the General Assembly
• compare Jamestown’s government in 1619 and the 1640s

What types of resources are included in the unit?

A variety of no-prep activities are included in these unit plans.

• worksheets
• passages with comprehension questions
• hands-on activities
• map activities
• writing activities
• timeline cards
• sorts
• quiz
• test
• word wall cards
• timeline of suggested activities: Provides a timeline for using the activities included within this unit and provides links to websites featuring videos about concepts being taught.
• answer keys included throughout

Students will become fully immersed in learning about Jamestown people by making maps and completing hands-on activities!

Are digital resources included?

All of the passages and comprehension questions, most worksheets and sorts, the quiz, and the test within this Jamestown Unit are also included in an interactive Google Slides format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.

Video tutorials are included to help you share interactive Google Slides with your students.

What standards are covered?

This Jamestown Unit is specifically aligned to the 2023 Virginia Studies SOL VS.3.

What are other teachers saying about this unit?

• “I loved the variety of informational text, projects, and writing that was included in this unit. It make it super easy for me to plan and teach about Jamestown.” (Angela)
• “LOVE this resource! We do not have a text book for VA Studies so this resource is a tremendous help! Activities that go along with the lessons are fun. It also helps with reading comprehension. Thanks so much!” (Stacy B.)
• “So many activities included that we didn’t get to them all.  My students enjoyed the variety of activities and were very engaged in the content.” (Jennifer W.)
• “If you teach Virginia Studies, you need these resources. Everything you could ever need is in this unit. Everything is broken down in a way that is easy for the kids to understand and easy for you to manage. Not only does this help support students in learning the information they need for the Virginia Studies SOL, but it also helps them with reading comprehension and looking back in the text for evidence–both are skills that come up on the Reading SOL, as well. Amazing resource!!” (Jen V.)

Don’t miss out!

You don’t need to spend hours creating your Jamestown Unit! These lessons require minimal prep work and are easy to implement whether teaching Virginia Studies in-person or virtually. Students will also enjoy learning about the first permanent English settlement as they complete hands-on activities and read passages.

 

More Virginia Studies resources:

• Jamestown Escape Room
• Jamestown Task Cards
• Virginia Studies Escape Room Bundle
• Virginia Studies Task Cards Bundle

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