ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)

Collections of Teaching Materials Teacher Guide

Essays from This Era

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A Fateful Experiment at Jamestown James Horn Winter 2020
1619: The Year That Shaped America  James Horn Winter 2019
Jamestown Hangs in the Balance James Horn Winter 2010
Finding the Real Jamestown William M. Kelso Winter 2008, Summer 2025
To Plan A Trip October 2006
Four Centuries of Tidewater History October 2006
A Family Trip to Williamsburg Jane Colihan March 2003
Roanoke Lost Karen Ordahl Kupperman August/September 1985
The Tempest Avery Kolb April/May 1983
Consider The Oyster Joseph Conlin February/March 1980
Digging Up Jamestown Ivor NoËl Hume April 1963
Was John Smith A Liar? Marshall Fishwick October 1958
A Pox on the New World Charles C. Mann Winter 2010
Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609 David Hackett Fischer Spring 2009
Native Americans First See White Men from the Shore Colin G. Calloway Spring 2009
First Encounters Willard Sterne Randall Spring 2009
The French Explorer Who Ended Up As a Meal Steven Rinella September 2001
De Soto Ravages the South Peter Cozzens Summer 2023
De Soto And The Golden Road Victor W. Von Hagen August 1955
Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor John E. Worth Summer 2009
A Desperate Trek Across America Andrés Reséndez Fall 2008
The Passion of Hernando De Soto Timothy Severin April 1967
How The Indian Got The Horse Francis Haines February 1964
De Soto Ravages the South Peter Cozzens Summer 2023
De Soto And The Golden Road Victor W. Von Hagen August 1955
The Passion of Hernando De Soto Timothy Severin April 1967