I am looking for ideas for the book Blood on The River, about Jamestown. I found some great sources in the network, but I am stuck on what do I should do with 4th graders reading this book. Our curriculum says this book is for fourth grade. Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. 3 - 5 English/Language Arts
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Here is a possible resource from San Antonio ISD. Your students are truly fortunate, 
Cheryl Best
, to have your guidance and support while studying this challenging topic!
Thank you for this tip! I know this will definitely help them understand the topic better! Keeping this one.
The Library of Congress has a Resource Guide on "Jamestown and Roanoke Colonies" that might be useful, although as you noted, the links are more about resources than teaching strategies. The link to Especially for K-12 Students & Teachers page has a list of non-fiction and fiction books for young people. I wonder how many of these titles can be found in our school libraries. One of the books listed is Blood on the River.
Also included in the Resource Guide is a link to the Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 section of the U.S. History Primary Source Timeline. There's an especially helpful page on Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans.
Not limited to Jamestown, but you might use a few images from this recent post I did https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/teaching-native-american-history/what-did-europeans-see-when-they-looked-at-the-new-world-and-the-native-americans
I used this with my 7 &8 graders. They really came away with a better understanding of the positives and the negatives of exploration. Great post by the way!
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