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National Park Service
Digging into the Colonial Past: Archeology and the Sixteenth Century
www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/155santaelena/155santaelena.htm
Spanish Settlements at Charlesfort-Santa Elena
Students will “dig” into the site of a sixteenth-century Spanish town in presentday South Carolina—founded before Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth—
in this lesson plan from Teaching with Historic Places. Using readings, maps,
primary sources, and more, students study early Spanish colonialism in North
America and learn how modern archeology solved the mystery of CharlesfortSanta Elena on Parris Island.
www.nps.gov/natr/forteachers/classrooms/history-of-the-natchez-trace.htm
History of the Natchez Trace Parkway
Students study maps of the Natchez Trace Parkway and learn how a path
once traveled by migrating wildlife evolved into a hunting trail for Native
Americans and eventually the main overland trade route for European settlers
and the “Kaintucks,” or Kentucky boatmen, in the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. Explore the wilderness of Tennessee and Mississippi and follow the
development of the Natchez Trace into the National Park Service parkway
of today.
www.nps.gov/fora/forteachers/classrooms/exploring-a-new-world.htm
Exploring a New World: England Comes to America
Under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England would finally gain an interest
in the New World, in an attempt to keep up with Spain and other European
powers that had long been exploring and settling the area. This lesson
explains why England was primed for exploration in the 1580s and why
Roanoke Island was the first British settlers’ destination.
For a complete bibliography and links to download
these resources, go to www.nhd.org/themebook.