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Sailing ship in Jamestown: A reproduction of one of the wooden sailing ships that brought the first settlers to Jamestown in 1607.; Format: image/photograph

Hinges from Jamestown: The hand-wrought hinges in this photograph were found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia. The photo was originially published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of...; Format: image/photograph

Jamestown settlement reconstruction: Format: image/photograph

Native Americans and Jamestown: Using primary sources, students will investigate the role of Native Americans in the successes and failures of Jamestown. Students will identify and analyze inaccurate portrayals of Pocahontas and Powhatan by comparing historical facts with literary fiction.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Jennifer Ricks.

Jamestown garden: This drawing was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America. The drawing, which shows a man and woman tending a garden, is...; Format: image/illustration

Jamestown weed: Seedpod of datura stramonium, commonly known as jimsonweed or Jamestown weed. The plant, which was once used topically to heal burns and reduce inflammations, is toxic when eaten.; Format: image/photograph

Posnet: A posnet was a small metal pot with three feet. The posnet in this photo was found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia.; Format: image/photograph

Bar iron and smith's tools: The artifacts in this photograph were found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia. The photo was originially published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First...; Format: image/photograph

Timbering: This painting was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America. The painting, which shows men working in the timber industry,...; Format: image/painting

Trammel: The trammel in this photograph was found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia. The photo was originially published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful...; Format: image/photograph

Agricultural implements from Jamestown settlement: Farm tools used by an early settler for cultivating his newly cleared land. The tools were found by archaeologists working near Jamestown, Virginia, in the mid-1900s.; Format: image/photograph

A room at the Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, NC: This is a room filled with historical artifacts at the Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, North Carolina. During the Civil War, the home was occupied by Quakers who were dissenters. They supported and helped escaping slaves.; Format: image/photograph

McCulloch Gold Mill: Take a trip to the McCulloch Gold Mill and learn the history and geology of the Triad area. Students will love panning for gold and gemstones!; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Coopers at work: This painting was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America. The painting, which shows coopers at work, is an artist's interpretation...; Format: image/illustration

Pot hooks: Pot hooks were used in early cooking to hang a pot over a fire. The pot hooks in this photo were found in an excavation at the site of colonial Jamestown in Virginia.; Format: image/photograph

Mendenhall Plantation: A visit to the Mendenhall Plantation shows students that there were dissenters to slavery in antebellum North Carolina. Buildings on the property include the main house, an old school house, the Madison Lindsay House and Medical School, a spring house, and a barn. There is also a restored wagon that may have been used to help runaway slaves.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Deep River Friends Meeting House: Deep River Friends Meeting House in Jamestown, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Whip saw: Detail of a painting showing men using a two-person saw, or whip saw. The painting was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful...; Format: image/painting

Pocahontas saves Captain Smith's life: This illustration from the late nineteenth century shows Pocahontas, the young daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the Algonquian Indians of the Chesapeake, pleading for the life of John Smith, a leader of the Jamestown colony. According to Smith, he was captured...; Format: image/illustration

Baptism of Pocahontas: John Gadsby Chapman's painting, commissioned in 1837, depicts Pocahontas' baptism in Jamestown, Virginia, around 1613 or 1614. In the painting, Pocahontas (soon to be baptized Rebecca) wears a white dress and kneels before a baptismal font in a church. Anglican...; Format: image/painting

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