{"id":56,"date":"2019-03-21T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/?p=56"},"modified":"2019-03-21T10:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:29:47","slug":"jamestown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/2019\/03\/21\/jamestown\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamestown"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a lifelong resident of Virginia, learning about Jamestown has essentially been a lifelong thing. I remember learning the basics in lower elementary and then in more detail once I hot 4th<\/sup>grade. Of course, a highlight of my elementary school years was the field trip we made to Jamestown. I remember the trip so vividly. We walked around and saw actual artifacts from the time of settlement. We spoke with reenactors and even watched glass being blown. What I don\u2019t remember is my teachers doing anything beyond taking us to the settlement to enhance instruction. I don\u2019t remember exposure to primary sources that we could discuss and touch. I don\u2019t remember any connections having been made to fictional texts to enhance our understanding of the content and allow for a different perspective. Who knows, maybe they did, but just not in a memorable way. For the record, I have a pretty good memory and am able to name off a decent amount of lessons that have stuck with me since my elementary school days. Anyways, I guess what I\u2019m trying to say is that now that I know super-efficient strategies to enhance instruction, I can\u2019t help but wonder, were those strategies not prevalent in education when I was in school or did teachers just not care\/see the value in utilizing different strategies?<\/p>\n

As far as class was concerned, I really enjoyed the opportunity to hear about a non-fiction and fiction text that would enhance instruction. I also loved the map activity. Being able to work collaboratively was an amazing was to combine what we already knew and think critically about a primary source related to the content. As a student, what I had discussed with my group, as well as what I read on the charts displayed around the room, would stick with me throughout the Jamestown unit. I see incredible value in a student being able to take what they got out of that activity and use it throughout the unit to become more engaged.<\/p>\n

With Jamestown in our backyard, the opportunities to enhance instruction are endless! I\u2019ve always been on the fence about whether or not I would want to teach 4th<\/sup>grade, leaning more toward a yes, but now I\u2019m pretty excited about the opportunity to get my students excited about all things Virginia, Jamestown included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a lifelong resident of Virginia, learning about Jamestown has essentially been a lifelong thing. I remember learning the basics in lower elementary and then in more detail once I hot 4thgrade. Of course, a highlight of my elementary school years was the field trip we made to Jamestown. I remember the trip so vividly. … Continue reading Jamestown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/elemsocialstudies-14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}