Early North Carolina Exploration (warm-up activity)

By Joe Hooten

This lesson is intended to be used at the beginning of a unit that examines the early exploration of the North Carolina coast and its inhabitants.

Through drawings published in Thomas Hariot's "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" teachers can raise student's interest in this unit.

Page contents

1. Learning outcomes
2. Teacher planning
   1. Time required for lesson
   2. Materials/resources
   3. Technology resources
3. Pre-activities
4. Activities
5. Assessment
6. Supplemental information
   1. Related websites
   2. Comments

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Learning outcomes

Students will:

• focus on the European perspective of exploration and findings along the North Carolina coast.
• write down their impressions of the original inhabitants of NC.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

10-20 minutes

Materials/resources

Teacher:

• Transparency of drawings or laptop with internet connection to display drawings.
• Teachers may want to use PowerPoint if able.

Students:

• Pen
• Notebook

Technology resources

• Internet connection
• 1 computer
• LCD or Overhead projector

Pre-activities

Teachers should discuss the voyages set up by Sir Walter Raleigh - those who were a part of the voyage, explain why they went to North Carolina, and for what reasons. (Age of Exploration).

Teacher should explain that Europeans had not seen Native Americans before - for some this was their first encounter.

Activities

1. Teachers should complete the Pre-Activity before using the pictures.
2. Ask students to take out a pen and notebook.
3. Teacher should display the pictures noted below (in relevant websites) from Thomas Hariot’s book and ask students to write down their impressions. You should use both lower and higher level thinking questions to prompt students. “What are they wearing?” “What do they look like?” “What do their clothes look like?” “How does the artist depict the original inhabitants of North Carolina?”
4. Shuffle the pictures through your method of display - allowing enough time for students to write notes on each picture.

Assessment

Make sure each student is participating.

Supplemental information

None

Related websites

The following links will take you to each picture. You can use more or less than provided if you like.

1) The arrival of the englishman. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill4a.html

2) A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill5a.html

3) On of the Religeous men in the towne of Secota. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill7a.html

4) A cheiff Lorde of Roanoac. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill9a.html

5) An ageed manne in his Winter garment. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill11a.html

6) The manner of makinge their boates. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill14a.html

7) Their manner of fishynge in Virginia. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill15a.html

8) The brovvyllinge of their fishe ouer the flame. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill16a.html

9) The Tovvne of Pomeiooc. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill21a.html

10) The trvve picture of a man of nation neigbour vnto the Picte. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/ill29a.html

Comments

This is intended to be used as a warm-up or intro activity. You may extend this into a full lesson.