Classroom Assessment Suggestions

Print version of "Captain John Smith's Chesapeake Bay": PDF • Word

Opportunities to assess student performance include:

Discussion of differences between the 17th century Bay and today's Bay
Discussion of the John Smith excerpt and the alternative spellings identified in the text
Paragraphs describing the differences between John Smith's Bay and our Bay today, including the evidence used to support students' claims
Students' ability to read maps and use the online "zoomable" map
River and Place Names exercise