Roanoke and Jamestown: What Worked and What Didn't!

http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html

This website offers a wealth of information about Roanoke for this lesson. Although brief, it gives
both a primary and secondary source and insight that will be helpful to
you in learning about the Lost Colony and successfully completing the
summative assessment at the end of the unit of study. (NOTE: The answer
to the activity $ 64,000 Question is located in this text)

www.tobacco.org/History/Jamestown.html

This site has a wealth of information about Jamestown for this lesson. Although it is lengthy, there
is much to be learned from this site. Timeline re-accountings, narratives,
and rich detail are included, making it easy for you to evaluate and
interpret what you are reading.

Your first job will be to take notes on your given "settlement". What is the history and what happened here? Research the location much like a reporter would do, finding out the who, what, where, when and why's of the community. Both settlements struggled. What were these struggles. And finally, how did one survive and the other....disappeared!