Module 3 Lesson 8

Open Ended

How does this moment shape Samuel's perspective about a social factor that threatens Jamestown?

​Complete Middle Column of 7B

​Handout 7B: Samuel's Perspective of Factors Threatening Jamestown.

​Negative Factor Impacting Jamestown	​Samuel's Point of View	​Carbone's word choice that conveys Samuel's perspective
​Social: The conflict with the Powhatans	​ Samuel fears the Powhatans and believes that many of the tribes are the settlers' enemies. He also views some of the tribes as friendly and a good source for trading. However, he knows the Powhatans have tricked the settlers in the past, and they need to stay on guard. Samuel knows that it is hard to know which Powhatan tribe is dangerous and which is not, and this factor makes the settlers vulnerable.	​

​Handout 7B: Samuel's Perspective of Factors Threatening Jamestown.

​Negative Factor Impacting Jamestown	​Samuel's Point of View	​Carbone's word choice that conveys Samuel's perspective
​Social: The conflict between the commoners and the gentlemen	Samuel feels that the gentlemen do not treat the commoners fairly, and he hates how they abuse their power. He knows the gentlemen are willing to let the commoners die (for example, when they steal the food supplies, or when Wingfield hoards food), and he believes that they don't really care about whether Jamestown survives. They just want to find gold and then return to England.	​

​Handout 7B: Samuel's Perspective of Factors Threatening Jamestown.

​Negative Factor Impacting Jamestown	​Samuel's Point of View	​Carbone's word choice that conveys Samuel's perspective
​Social: The conflict among the boys	Samuel has learned that he needs to stand on many feet rather than have the attitude to trust no one and do things on his own. He used to push away the other boys, and be mean to a few like Richard and James, but he has since realized that it is impossible to survive in the New World without cooperating.	​

​Handout 7B: Samuel's Perspective of Factors Threatening Jamestown.

​Negative Factor Impacting Jamestown	​Samuel's Point of View	​Carbone's word choice that conveys Samuel's perspective
Environmental/Social: A constant lack of food and supplies	Samuel knows that the settlers cannot support themselves on their own; they need the Indians help to trade glass beads for food. Starvation is a constant problem because the crops don't grow well and worms get in the food. He knows that when the men don't get enough to eat, no one has any energy to get chores done, and the colony could get wiped out.	​

​Handout 7B: Samuel's Perspective of Factors Threatening Jamestown.

​Negative Factor Impacting Jamestown	​Samuel's Point of View	​Carbone's word choice that conveys Samuel's perspective
Environmental: Disease and illness	Samuel views disease and illness as a real danger that threatens the settler's lives. He has seen many men die because of disease and illness, and he almost did himself when he was on the shoip saliing to the New Word.	​

Open Ended

Identify words, phrases, and/or sentences that help convey Samuel's perspective about a social factor that threatens Jamestown.

(Chapter 15, last paragraph pg. 121)

Open Ended

"I stand here seething with anger" (Carbone 121)

Seething means to be filled with anger and fury.

How does this word choice help convey Samuel's perspective of the gentlemen and his perspective about power?

Open Ended

Work in pairs to complete at least 1 boxes in Handout 7Bs third column. Then share one of your answers here.

Multiple Select

What is Samuel's perspective about the conflict between the gentlemen and the commoners?

• He believes it threatens the colony.

• He believes the behavior of the gentlemen have left the colony weak because there is no group unity.

Multiple Select

"a thin layer of ice [crusting] over the water along the shoreline. [He presses] on it with the toe of [his] shoe until it breaks like glass, making a start of thin lines" (126) How is the ice breaking under Samuel's toe convey his perspective about the relationships between the colonists and their affect on the colony.

• They are both fragile.

• They are both breaking and falling apart.

• The colonists are unable to stick together as a unified force.