Jamestown Rediscovery
A. Go to the website “Jamestown Rediscovery”
http://www.apva.org/jr.html
Use these clues to help you locate the answer to questions about the
archeological dig at Jamestown.
1. Click on the word “Findings” (in green letters) on the left side of
the screen
2. same as #1
3. Go to “Findings”. Then click on “Fort Excavation Area” (in
blue letters)
4. Go to “Findings”. Then “Fort Excavation Area”. Then
“Powder Magazine”.
5. Go to “Findings”. Then “Fort Excavation Area”. Then
“Burials”.
6. Go to “Findings”. Then “Fort Excavation Area”. Then
“Pocahontas Statue”.
7. Go to “Findings”. Then “Fort Excavation Area”. Then
“Church”
8. Go to “Visiting”.
9. Go to “Visiting”. Then “What is there to see?”. Then “Old
Towne”. Then “First Stop”
10. Go to “Findings”. Then “Fort Excavation Area”. Then “South
Palisade”
If you have extra time, try these activities.
B. Go to the “Jamestown Online Adventure” site
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
When the ship comes in, click on “Start the Adventure”
C. Go to the National Geographic Kids site
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/Jo
hn-smith
Click on “Let’s Go” to find out about John Smith.
Start with I “Off to Virginia”.Then go through each of the
adventures.
D.
Go to the “Jamestown, Rags to Riches” site
http://www.quia.com/rr/68582.html
Play the game.
Jamestown Rediscovery
www.apva.org/jr.html
1. How many feet of palisade wall lines have
been uncovered?
2. In what shape was James Fort built?
3. How many locations are identified on the fort
excavation map?
4. What items can be found in pit 3 on the fort
excavation map?
5. Who is buried in Grave 1 and Grave 2?
6. What happened to Pocahontas in April of 1613?
7. In what church (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th) were
Pocahontas and John Rolfe married?
8. How many men came to start the Jamestown
colony?
9. What was the name of John and Pocahontas’s
(Rebecca Rolfe) child?
10. What remains of the palisade fence at James
Fort?