Lesson on Thursday, August 31, 2017

Journal 8 – How did the proximity of the Powhatan Chiefdom affect developments in early Virginia?

Agenda:

1.     Caribbean plantation complex  to the development of the British Empire.

2.     Slave life and the conditions in the Caribbean: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/archaeology/caribbean/index.aspx

3.     http://www.virtualjamestown.org/documents1.html

4.     Tobacco: cash crop

5.     Indentured Servitude

6.     Why did slavery emerge in Virginia? http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu/modules/us/mod02_slavery/  

1.     How did contact among Africans and Europeans challenge the worldviews of each group?

2.     Figure 2.2

Home Learning: Chapter 2 - p.p. 58-62 / Journal 9 - Why did New France and New Netherland struggle to attract colonists? 

Lesson on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Journal 7 – What were the causes of Jamestown’s failure? 

Home Learning: 

1. Read Chapter 2 / pages 52-57

2. Begin formulating your thesis/supporting details about your Pocahontas "essay". It will be due by Friday, September 1, 2017.