1. Bellringer:
What challenges would you face if you had to support yourself by living off the land at this time of year?

2. Chapter 3 – Colonial America
Lesson 1 Roanoke and Jamestown page 57

3. How does geography influence the way people live?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How does geography influence the way people live?

4. GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. What problems did the Roanoke settlers encounter? 2. Why did the Jamestown settlement succeed?

5. Terms to Know
charter a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

6. Terms to Know
joint-stock company a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits

7. Terms to Know
headright a 50-acre grant of land given to settlers who came to the colony

8. Terms to Know
burgess an elected representative to an assembly

9. AVID Pre-Reading Surveying the Text What is the text?
Describe any visuals in the section you have been asked to read.

10. Organizational Signals
AVID Pre-Reading
Organizational Signals
Describe the layout of the text, observing titles, subtitles, sections, & page breaks.

11. Predicting the Main Idea
AVID Pre-Reading
Predicting the Main Idea
Read the title of the text (& sections) & make predictions about the main idea(s). What will this text be about?

12. Read:
Lesson 1 Roanoke and Jamestown pages 60 – 63 and take Cornell Notes.

13. Answer the following Guiding Questions:
What happened to the colony at Roanoke?
How did the colony at Jamestown survive?