Chapteres 4-7 Activities
Chapter 4
The Voyage to Virginia!
Students:
Read and complete the assignments in your Voyage to Virginia Packet!
Teachers and Parents:
Click HERE to download the packet and lesson plan!
Students:
Read and complete the assignments in your Voyage to Virginia Packet!
Teachers and Parents:
Click HERE to download the packet and lesson plan!
Chapter 5
Who was John Smith?
Play On The Trail with Captain Smith A Jamestown Adventure! Based on the book, John Smith Escapes Again, by Rosalyn Schanzer, this game gives you a taste of the exciting life that John Smith led in early America.
“Long before Harry Houdini thrilled the world with his impossible deeds, America produced an escape artist whose biography reads like an adventure novel. Many readers know John Smith as the man rescued from death by Pocahontas, but his story includes a series of more fantastic escapades than seem possible in one life.” Overview from National Geographic website.
Play On The Trail with Captain Smith A Jamestown Adventure! Based on the book, John Smith Escapes Again, by Rosalyn Schanzer, this game gives you a taste of the exciting life that John Smith led in early America.
“Long before Harry Houdini thrilled the world with his impossible deeds, America produced an escape artist whose biography reads like an adventure novel. Many readers know John Smith as the man rescued from death by Pocahontas, but his story includes a series of more fantastic escapades than seem possible in one life.” Overview from National Geographic website.
Chapters 6-7
This is the path that John Smith and the Jamestown settlers took across the Altantic Ocean. Click the image to view it larger.
In Chapter 7, John Smith describes how he was taken prisoner, and escaped when he fought the Ottoman Turks. Click on the picture below to open a window and see a larger picture of this adventure.
Discussion Questions: Let's talk about it!
1. Are your predictions correct so far in the story? Why or why not?
2. Think about the conflicts that are beginning to emerge on the boat. What are they and who are they between? How do you think the other men on the boat feel about the turmoil that is beginning to happen?
3. Would you believe the stories Henry told about Caribs? Why or why not?
4. What is Samuel's relationship like with the other boys?
5. How would you have felt when you heard someone shout "Land Ho!"
6. What do you think is going to happen to Captain Smith?
2. Think about the conflicts that are beginning to emerge on the boat. What are they and who are they between? How do you think the other men on the boat feel about the turmoil that is beginning to happen?
3. Would you believe the stories Henry told about Caribs? Why or why not?
4. What is Samuel's relationship like with the other boys?
5. How would you have felt when you heard someone shout "Land Ho!"
6. What do you think is going to happen to Captain Smith?