Jamestown
Lesson 5: Create the Exhibit
Time Estimated: 2 days
Objectives
Students will:
- Use the posters, journals, people, biographies, and colonial newspaper they have created to assemble and present their exhibit on Jamestown.
- Set up their exhibit by organizing, arranging and improving on the components as needed.
- Guide visitors through the exhibit by explaining and answering questions.
Materials
- Help Wanted posters (from Lesson 1)
- Journals from the points of view of colonists and Native Americans (from Lesson 3)
- Sample people and biographies (from Lesson 3)
- Colonial newspaper (from Lesson 4)
- Rubric
Strategies
- Have students work in four groups with each one assigned to set up either: posters, journals, people & biographies, or the colonial newspaper.
- For each category students will need to arrange desks or tables for their exhibit items and set these up so that visitors can see and read them.
- Each group should then examine the items in their section closely so they can be “experts” – explaining key points and answering visitors’ questions.
- Visitors can include students from other classes and grades, as well as any invited adults.
- When the exhibit “opens” visitors circulate and students assigned to each area explain important points to know and answer questions.
- Closing: At the end of the exhibit or on the following day, students discuss what they have learned about Jamestown and each write their own summary paragraph.