{"id":2054,"date":"2009-11-22T22:36:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2054"},"modified":"2009-11-22T22:36:56","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:36:56","slug":"teaching-virginia-history-with-childrens-literature-the-colony-of-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/22\/teaching-virginia-history-with-childrens-literature-the-colony-of-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History with Children’s Literature: The Colony of Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Colony of Virginia <\/a>written\u00a0by Brooke Coleman &\u00a0photos by\u00a0CORBIS-Bettmann and The Bridgeman Art Library,\u00a0introduces\u00a0important events and\u00a0people from the settlement of Virginia, and gives information on how it is still an important part of the government today.<\/p>\n

The Colony of Virginia <\/em>gives <\/em>readers information about events starting with the colonists and why they came to America to Virginia uniting with the other colonies to become the United States. It talks about Jamestown and how the colonist built a fort out of logs, and “The walls surrounding the tiny settlement formed a triangle to protect the colonists from attacks by nearby Indians.” The Colony of Virginia<\/em>also gives\u00a0readers some insight on Captain John Smith and the hardships the settlers faced. “Despite John Smith’s efforts to build houses and trade with the Indians for food, times were difficult for the colonists.” It also talks about tobacco being an important crop for the settlers, when women and\u00a0African Americans\u00a0were brought over, and\u00a0rebelling against the\u00a0rulers of England in the Revolutionary War. \u00a0\u00a0It ends with how “Virginia is still an important part of our nation’s government since it is so near the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.”<\/p>\n

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The Colony of Virginia \u00a0<\/em>is a great resource when you are studying the history of Virginia. It incorporates\u00a0why the settlers came to Virginia, why they chose Jamestown, the hardships they faced, key people, women and slaves, and why the colonies went to war.\u00a0\u00a0It is connected to VA SOL Social Studies\u00a0Virginia Studies VS 3, 4, &5.<\/p>\n

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