Unraveling Mysteries in History

After sailing for weeks in the Age of Exploration, the fifth graders have finally landed on the coast of North America. They studied the first attempt at an English colony — Roanoke — and its uncertain end. When the students learned that the Roanoke colonists had mysteriously disappeared, they were determined to get to the bottom of this mystery. Each group was given evidence and clues to form a hypothesis about the end of the Roanoke Colony and presented their findings to the class.

At the end of the unit, we are still not completely sure what happened to the Roanoke colonists, but we are determined to see that the Jamestown colony does a better job of surviving!