Grade 6 Social Studies
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Historical Perspectives
After having discussed how point of view and perspective can impact how a story is told, read these two accounts of the Jamestown Colony from 1609.
The Virginia Company published an advertisement 1609 about Jamestown Colony:
“The country is large and great. The air and climate are most agreeable and healthy. It has a great deal of fish, unlimited deer and wild rabbits and many fruits and edible roots. There are valleys and plains with pure water springs; there are hills and mountains where there is certain to be hidden treasure that has never before been found.”
Richard Frethorne came to Jamestown as a young indentured servant after hearing about the greatness of the New World
“Loving and kind father and mother I am writing to let you understand that I, your child, am in a serious danger. This country causes much sickness. We have all sorts of diseases that make our bodies weak. When we are sick we have no medicine or anything to help us get well. Since I got off the ship, I never ate any- thing but peas and a watery boiled cereal.”
1. What is different about the two accounts of the Jamestown Colony?
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2 - Why are the accounts different?
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