Review Chapter 4

Study Skills;  Timelines

A time line show the order in which historical events took place. 

Example... Harry Potter timeline

 

3/1/1991 * Harry Potter With Durlseys and Piers Polkiss, went to zoo. Talked with boa constrictor in the reptile house. Made glass disappear. (Zoo, Little Whinging, Surrey) Book 1, Dudley's birthday, Saturday in spring [1/23]
7/24/1991 Harry Potter 7/24 Tues - Received 1 letter. 7/25- Wed - 1 letter. 7/26 Thurs - 3 letters. 7/27 - Fri - 12 letters. 7/28 - Sat - 24 letters. 7/29 - Sun - 30-40 letters. 7/30 - Mon - 100 letters to hotel in Cokeworth. Went to island with Dursleys. Week leading up to Harry's birthday. [1/33-45]
7/31/1991 Harry Potter Harry's 11th birthday. Rubeus Hagrid arrived on island at midnight, with letter from Hogwarts. Told Harry his story. Went to Leaky Cauldron and met wizards. Went to Diagon Alley and met Draco Malfoy. Got money at Gringotts Bank. Book 1, July, after days of receiving letters, Tuesday [1/45-50]
7/31/1991 Rubeus Hagrid Picked up Harry from Dursleys, took him to Diagon Alley, and picked up Sorceror's Stone from Gringotts. [1/45-50]
7/31/1991 Prof. Quirrell Met Harry Potter at Leaky Cauldron. Broke into Gringotts and tried to steal the Sorceror's Stone. [1/70-71]
8/1/1991 * Lord Voldemort Lived in Prof. Quirrell's body, with his face on the back of Quirrell's head. (Also Bk. 4, pp. 652-7) Starting after Hogwarts break-in [1/291]

Jamestown Timeline

1600 1607          1609             1614
Native Americans are living in an area later called Virginia. 1607 Colonists arrive at James River to start the colony of Jamestown.

 

 1609 Many colonists die during a "starving time". Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.

Can you use a timeline to answer questions?

Vocabulary...

bay        coastal plain        living history museum       

colony                slavery

  1.  A place that is ruled by another country.
  2. A body of water that is partly surrounded by water.
  3. The practice of one person owning another.
  4. A place where the people dress, talk, and do things as the did long ago.
  5. An area of flat land along the coast.

Natural  and human resources help the people of Jamestown begin their colony.

Natural Resources;

trees for building houses
plentiful supply of fish
good farmland
good port

Important People;

strong leadership of John Smith
Powhatan's people help colonists
John Rolfe and Pocahontas get married
John Rolfe begins growing tobacco

How do living history museums such as the Jamestown Settlement teach us about the past?

Why did people come to the colonies in America?

 

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