2. understand why the Powhatten Indians were important to the Jamestown settlers.

2. Read The Virginia Colony , by Dennis B. Fradin, pp. 32-37. Discuss the following:

a. Why did the Indians attack the settlers?

b. List some reasons why the Jamestown settlers had such a difficult time.

c. Why was Pocahontas important to the settlers?

3. In groups, have the students make poster-sized pictures of Powhatten, Pocahontas, John Smith and John Rolfe. Have the children write a few things about each person and attach these underneath the pictures.

4. Draw a picture or make a model of a Powhatten village.

2. Divide the class in half. Have one half paint mural of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians and have the other half show the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatten Indians.

3. Make a class "big" book about the story of Jamestown.

4. Have the children pretend they are Jamestown colonists who want penpals in Plimoth. What might a Jamestown colonist write to a Pilgrim or Plimoth settler? What will he or she want to tell them about his or her own settlement.

Fradin, Dennis B. The Virginia Colony . (Chicago, IL: Children's Press, 1986) (ISBN 0516003879).

Knight, James E. Jamestown . (Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1982) (ISBN 0893757241).

Raphael, Elaine and Don Bolognese. Pocahontas, Princess of the River Tribes . (NY: Scholastic Inc., 1993) (ISBN 0590443720).

Reische, Diana. Founding the American Colonies . (New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1989) (ISBN 0531106861).

Rich, Louis Dickenson. The First Book of the Early Settlers . (New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1959)