Sunday, April 10, 2011

Thursday, April 7th

Finished the look at the student constructed powerpoint slides for our Jamestown Story. Then, we took some time looking at Life and Death in Jamestown.

A lot of people died at Jamestown for a variety of reasons. PBS Secrets of the Dead did a show on theories about why this took place. Next, we looked at several of the human remains found at Jamestown. Even those old bones have stories to tell. Forensic science can even put a human face to these 400 year old remains. We used the National Geographic Jamestown Interactive site and the Jamestown Rediscovery site to take a closer look at Life and Death. If you get the chance, take a moment to listen to the speaker in the Autopsy on America link at the National Geographic site.

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