Summary
A parody song on Jamestown (1607), England's first lasting colony -- its hard early years, and how tobacco helped it survive. Sets up the story of English settlement.
Viewer safety
All ages
Our rating is a quick teacher-to-teacher guide — preview before showing.
Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
A parody song on Jamestown (1607), England's first lasting colony -- its hard early years, and how tobacco helped it survive.
- Why was the first year at Jamestown so hard for the settlers?
- What finally helped the colony make money and survive?
- How did the colonists depend on the Native peoples nearby?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: colony, settler, survival.
Try it: List two problems the Jamestown settlers faced and one thing that helped.