Thinking Like A Historian: Jamestown v. Point Comfort (formerly called The Penned Truth)

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will gain better knowledge of how historians determine what should be historical facts. They will also learn how history may be changed by new information. They will then do research on issues connected to the first Africans arriving in the American colonies and use the tools of a historian: research, verifying sources, and publishing their findings.
Author: 
Charmaine Woods
Grade Range: 
7
Duration: 
3 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
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Student Materials: 
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application/pdf iconWorld map
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
application/pdf iconVocabulary Test
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past