Lesson 27/28

Lesson 27/28

Warm-Up

Why do you think getting an education is important?

Essential Question: How did the social and environmental factors in the unknown world of Jamestown shape its development and decline?

Focusing Question: How does the art and science of observation contribute to a more complete narrative of Jamestown’s development and decline?

Content Framing Question: Reveal- What does a deeper exploration of photographs in Written in Bone reveal?

Open Ended

Why is it important to use multiple texts and multiple kinds of evidence to build knowledge about history?

Open Ended

Brainstorm all the groups of people involved in the study of the Jamestown settlement.

- archaeologists

- forensic scientists

- historians

- researchers

- authors

All of which have their own point of view/perspective about Jamestown's development and decline.

Vocabulary

reliability = the level to which something is dependable

credibility = the level to which something is believable

bias = prejudice, unfair opinion