Thursday, March 17th!

1. Discussed the reading from the night before - Rethinking Roanoke. Students did well identifying Sir Francis Walsingham as the person behind the Roanoke tragedy. We discussed reasons why and talked about the link to the pilot of the expedition, Simon Fernandez.

2. Jamestown!!! The first permanent English settlement in North America. Mr. M showed where the site is and talked a little about the fort. Today, we focused on the site and its importance as an archaeological gem for us. Mr. M spoke about what archaeology is and got us ready for our dig tomorrow.  We watched the first 10 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark just to show what archaeology is not (even though that looks fun!)