Early Settlers Unit Study

Roanoke, Jamestown, Bermuda, and Popham

Before Plymouth Plantation, four other settlements placed their footprints on history.

Early English Settlers Unit Study


A love story that didn’t happen, a brutal sea battle, pirates....
a lost spy map, and a colony that disappeared...

            It’s the story of the founding of America.


Our multi-level unit study offers intriguing insights to students and leaders about the events near the Atlantic shore from 1584 to 1619.

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Who Can Use the Early Settlers Unit Study?

Designed with maximum flexibility, our unit study can be used in several ways:

Solo Students

Textual readings are interspersed with engaging activities that can be done by a single student working page by page through the content.

Classroom and Small Groups

The Teacher's Key provides directions on presenting some content in large groups, and breaking other activities into small groups. Varied teaching methodologies and captiviating content will peak students' interest.

Multi-Level Learning

Ideal for homeschooling families and micro-schools, students in different age groups can work side by side.

The Teacher's Overview Chart will indicate content adaptable for three different age groups.

What Is Included?

What Else Is Needed?

This is a self-contained unit study, so NO other supplies are required. (With the exception of pencils, highlighters, scissors, etc.)

Recommended Optional Supplies

While nothing else is NEEDED, the lesson plans do list other optional activities.

Literature & Additional Reading for Younger Students

These books give suggested chapters for students to read in the lesson plans:
  1. Bulla, Clyde Robert. Lion To Guard Us
  2. Our Lion to Guard Us Unit Study has additional activities for younger students.
  3. Bulla, Clyde Robert. Pocahontas and the Strangers
  4. Yolen et al. Roanoke The Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History
Older students may also enjoy these easy to read books listed above.


Literature for Middle and Older Students

  1. Fritz and Talbott. The Lost Colony of Roanoke
  2. Givens, David, et al. Angela: Jamestown and the First Africans
  3. Strachey, William. True Report (3 page exerpt included in Unit Study. Transliteration of full report available here.

Primary Source

This 1590 reprint gives middle and older students an authentic historical experience:

Other Activities

Other optional activities that require outside materials include short Youtube clips of historical events, model of Fort Jamestown, and field trip ideas.


Content Covered in the Early Settlers Unit Study

Major themes include:

Activities in Our Early Settlers Unit Study

High-interest content is presented through a variety of activites:


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Explore scenes of native life, evaluate reasons for settling the new world, search for clues to the fate of the lost colonists, join the John Smith scavenger hunt on the 1612 Map of Virginia, sail with Strachey on the ill-fated Sea Venture, look for the location of old forts, and vote in the first legislative assembly.

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Our Unit Study Early Settlers Unit Study
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Lesson Plans Roanoke Jamestown Bermuda Popham Unit Study
Content in 38 Lessons
Native Paintings John White Native Paintings
Algonquian Culture
Roanoke Roanoke Timeline
Timeline of Events
The Lost Colony Theories of the Lost Colonists
Nine Theories
Jamestown Stories Kids Stories about Jamestown
The Best Kids' Books
Jamestown Maps Maps of Jamestown
Historical & New
John Smith's Map John Smith's 1612 Map of Virginia
Join the Scavenger Hunt
Sea Venture Sea Venture Timeline
Timeline of Events
Sea Venture Game Sea Venture Shipwreck Castaways Game
What Happened?
True Report Wm Strachey's True Report
Modern Transliteration
Sea Venture Sea Venture Significance
11 Outcomes of the Wreck
Pocahontas Historical Facts about Pocahontas
19 Facts From History
History vs Legend Did Pocahontas Rescue John Smith
Did she rescue Smith?
Who Was Kocoum? Who Was Kocoum
Two Different Theories
Powhatan Attack? Powhatan and the Lost Colonists
1st Theory of the Colonists
Popham Settlement Popham Colony
Sagadahoc Colony
Irony of 1619 Virginia 1619 Events
Two Jamestown Events


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Clyde Bulla's Historical Fiction of Jamestown & the Sea Venture

Our Unit Study Lion to Guard Us Unit Study
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Maps Lion to Guard Us Maps
Geography Activities
Vocabulary Lion to Guard Us Vocabulary
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Themes/Symbols Lion to Guard Us Themes and Symbols
Literary Analysis for kids
Timeline Lion to Guard Us Timeline
Date of Major Events
Summary Lion to Guard Us Chapter Summaries
Highlights of each chapter
Sea Venture Game Sea Venture Shipwreck Castaways Game
Game of events of 1609 - 1610

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