Oh wait! I could tell you that 4th grade Social Studies is traveling through time. Yes, that's right, through time. We've just finished tidying up our lessons on Jamestown, and will soon start learning about Colonial Economics; bartering, credit, debt, and whatnot. We'll also learn about the cultural landscape of Virginia, with the early settlers coming to Virginia and where in Virginia they settled. You may have heard of the English, Scots-Irish (not Scotch-Irish; that's a type of tape, and insulting to many a Scotsmen), German, African, and of course the Native Americans who were already here but were shuffled off their land (but we won't discuss that unpleasantness here).
So I guess I did have something to say. Thanks for coming by. Next time, bring some tea.
Here's your Official Fourth Grade Trivial Factoid Of The Blog: Christopher Newport, leader of the first trip to Jamestown, lost his arm on the trip over (in a series of rather unfortunate events somewhere off the coast of Cuba). Therefore, one could say he led the Jamestown voyage single-handedly.
Cheers!
Did he loose his hand before his voyages to Jamestown? Were his privateering days over as well? You know the pirates that held the oil rig for ransom drowned trying to get away from authorities last week. Wonder what wonderful things they might have gone on to accomplish if they only had the chance and the 4th grade SS teacher to guide them!
ReplyDelete(Newport)Just goes to show you that it's never too late make a good turn in life!
I love learning such unknown facts! Thanks for sharing.
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