Time
Required: One 30-minute session and two 45-minute sessions
Objectives
Students will
- compare
characteristics of today’s Chesapeake Bay with the Bay as it
existed in the early 17th century
- read
excerpts from Smith’s description of his exploration of the
Bay and its rivers
- analyze Smith’s
map of the Chesapeake
- discuss
the value of primary source documents and the challenges faced when
using them.
Related
Standards of Learning
| Science |
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3.6;
3.10.b;
4.5.f; 4.8.a;
5.6.b; 5.7.f;
6.7.a; 6.7.d; 6.7.e |
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| Mathematics |
| |
3.24 |
| |
| English |
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3.1.a;
3.1.b; 3.1.c; 3.4.d; 3.6.a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.10.b; 3.11.a;
4.1.b;
4.3.a; 4.5.c; 4.7.a; 4.7.c; 4.8.a;
5.1.a; 5.4.a; 5.6.c;
6.3.c;
6.5.c |
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| History & Social
Science |
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3.3.b;
3.5.d; 3.6;
VS.1.a; VS.1.d; VS.1.h; VS.2.c;
USI.1.a; USI.1.e |
Materials
- Internet
access
- John
Smith’s Virginia map, 1612 (optional, see Resources)
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| For
each student: |
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| For
each group: |
- River
and
Place Names (PDF; also available in a Word
file)
- modern
map, from an atlas or another source, of the Chesapeake
Bay region, including Virginia and Maryland (optional)
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