Cheirieamour Smith
MTE/531
November 29, 2010
David White Theme: The Thirteen Colonies
Grade: 4 (b) Knowledge and skills.
(1) History. The student understands the causes and effects of European colonization in the United States. The student is expected to:
(A) explain when, where, and why groups of people colonized and settled in the United States
Annotated Bibliography
Fradin, D. B. (2006). Turning Points in US History: Jamestown, Virginia. New York, NY:
Benchmark Books.
Summary: This book describes how European settlers colonized America and founded the first colony of the New World, Jamestown. The book explores the life of the settlers in Jamestown and the founding father of the first colony. The author focuses on how the settlers survived in the colony and warded off attacks from the Indians who were already living on the land. The book goes through time tracing the history of the early settlers of the New World and the founding and settling of Jamestown. The book tells how Jamestown survived as a colony. The book describes how the settlers built a fort and other building to protect their colony from attack by the Indians. The author talks about the tobacco farming which helped Jamestown survive and become a successful permanent colony in the New World. This book is well illustrated with colorful reproduction of print, paints and documents from the time and settlement of Jamestown. The author focuses on the leaders of the colony, the hardships and how they stayed strong and survived. This book will help students see the first successful colony to become permanent amidst the hardships. The book offers a real world fill of how colonial life was in the 1600 and 1700s. The book also encompasses color dialog boxes with extra historical facts and other interesting facts and excerpts from actual settlers during that time. There are also maps for students to see where the Jamestown and other
References: Fradin, D. B. (2006). Turning Points in US History: Jamestown, Virginia. New York, NY: Benchmark Books. Karwoski, G. (2001). Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers. Masoff, J. (2000). Chronicle of America: Colonial Times, 1600-1700. New York, NY: Scholastic. McGovern, A. (1992). If You Lived In Colonial Times (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Scholastic. Nobleman, M. T. (2003). History Pockets: Colonial America, Grades 4-6+. Monterey, CA: Evan-Moor Corp.