Have you ever wondered what life was like during the early colonies before America was as we know it today? If so, a visit to the Jamestown Settlement may just be the educational destination you’re looking for.
Allowing visitors young and old alike a chance to experience daily life as it was back in the 17th century, the settlement of Jamestown provides a fascinating look at a bygone era. The Jamestown Settlement is perfect for educational tours, as it allows students and their teachers to travel through time and step into a world completely different from today’s modern living.
Serving as a living history museum in the great state of Virginia, Jamestown Settlement offers visitors an understanding of America’s first permanent English colony. Ideal for history and social studies classes, student tour participants will explore daily life through films, fascinating exhibits, and the living history part through the outdoor recreations of a Powhatan Indian village, three English ships, and even a colonial fort. Count me in!
Your educational journey begins with a tour of the gallery exhibits and a short introductory film that traces the origins of Jamestown and its citizens who arrived from England. Exploring their lives and interactions with the Powhatan Indians over the course of a century, the film also offers a glimpse into the convergence of cultures between the English and west central Africans. Once outside, teachers and their students will have an opportunity to take in all of the recreated colonial scenes.
Dating back to 1607, Jamestown was the first successful and permanent colony in North America. It was a place where the settlers had to come to terms with their new world and find a way to thrive. It has therefore become a major archeological site allowing all who visit to experience her beauty and history. Inside the galleries, visitors will see hundreds of objects that date to our nation’s beginnings. There are over 500 displayed at any given time! Through these objects, the story and origins of Jamestown is told in vivid detail.
Continuing your journey, visitors will then have a chance to experience the living history museum. Here, students will gain a greater understanding of the Jamestown Settlement through the interactive side of their educational tour. With guides dressed in clothes appropriate to the time period, students and their teachers will feel as if they’ve journeyed hundreds of years back in time. These historical interpreters will share and demonstrate what life was like back in the early infancy of our nation.
