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What would you find in a time capsule of the Jamestown Colony? Perhaps a portrait of John Smith, glass beads, or skeletal remains. Readersexamine artifacts like these as they explore the history of the first permanent English settlement in North America in this Time Capsule History book. Primary sources help the history come alive as you open up this imaginary time capsule and learn.

An introduction to the life of Pocahontas, the seventeenth-century daughter of a Native American chief, who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

"Readers ... will be transported back to Colonial Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America. Through simple text and full-color images, students will experience the journey along with the colonists: the difficult voyage overseas, illness and starvation, uncertainty about the local American Indians, and the hard work that went into forming a successful colony"--Amazon.com.

In May 1607, English settlers stepped off their ship in North America. They were about to start the first permanent English settlement in North America. They endured many hardships and made many tough choices in the new land. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather suffer from intestinal problems after becoming infected with dysentery or have bleeding gums after getting scurvy? Would you want to work as a blacksmith or tend the tobacco fields? It's your turn to pick this or that.

Virginia Laydon struggles to fit in her community of 17th century Jamestown with her gift of seeing into the future.

"Four hundred years ago, colonists voyaged across the Atlantic ocean to discover a new world. Today, an amazing archaeological dig at Historic Jamestown promises to uncover new secrets from those earliest English settlers. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin can't believe their luck when they are invited by Professor Evanshade to help with the archaeological digs for a week at Jamestown's Field School. Maybe they'll uncover something spectacular tracing all the way back to Captain John Smith and Pocahontas! But when one of the priceless artifacts dug from the Jamestown fort is labeled a fraud, it threatens to upend the entire archaeological project. Can the kids expose the secret conspiracy or have they finally gotten in over their heads?"--Back cover.

Presents an account of the founding and difficult early years of the Jamestown Colony and discusses why colonists traveled from England to North America, what struggles the colonists faced in the settlement's first years and who led the colony and helped it become a success.

Biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who helped John Smith and the English settlers in Jamestown.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be an American colonist in the seventeenth century, discussing the realities of the voyage from England, dealing with Indians, and struggling for survival in the new world.

Presents a brief biography of Pocahontas, one of America's earliest heroes who helped save the lives of the first colonists at Jamestown.