Teacher’s Guide
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Jamestown Teacher's Guide (PDF, 1.61 MB)
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Primary Sources
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White, John. Americae pars, nunc Virginia dicta
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Blaeu, Willem. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica
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Virginia / discovered and discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1606
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Their manner of fishing in Virginia
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The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia
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A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia
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Praying around the fire with rattles
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Virginia, 1606-92, Charters of the Virginia Company of London
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The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe
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Pocahontas at the court of King James
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Jamestown Exposition, 1607-1907
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The times dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914
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