VS.1a
Identify and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary source documents to understand events in history.

READY RESOURCES

SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Read information about the Charters of 1606, 1609, and 1612 and recognize that the Charters provide primary source information that assists in understanding events in history. The following is a Web site resource: http://www.jamestowne.org/history/royalc.htm
  
  
• Research the early history of Virginia Indians to discover what interesting facts archaeologists have uncovered. Use the Web site http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindiansarch.htm as a resource.
  
  
• Explore the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia, and see what artifacts have been discovered. The Web site is http://www.apva.org/jr.html.