Personal Reflection
All of the information I learned in creating this project was
new and interesting to me. Growing up in North Carolina, I find it disheartening
that I did not learn about this in school. I guess I could have, but it wasn’t
presented in an interesting way because I feel like I would have remembered
something like this. It is hard to believe that the colonists were never
discovered. That no one heard from them again. By completing this project I have
learned about one of the oldest mysteries in U.S. history. I find it astounding
that efforts are still being made today to uncover what happened to the
colonists.
The content of this project explicitly connects to North
Carolina Standard Course of Study in Social Studies through the following
standards:
Fourth Grade:
2.02
Trace the growth and development of immigration to North Carolina, over time
from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
3.02
Identify people, symbols, events, and documents associated with North Carolina's
history.
3.03
Examine the Lost Colony and explain its importance in the settlement of North
Carolina
Fifth Grade:
4.01
Define the role of an historian and explain the importance of studying
history.
4.02
Explain when, where, why, and how groups of people settled in different regions
of the United States
(Standards obtained directly from North Carolina Standard Course
of Study
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/2003-04/038skills)
Creating this this project has been a great value to me as a
future elementary school teacher. I have pushed myself to discover history as an
investigation of multiple sources and I will be able to pass this along to my
students. I have gained an understanding of how conjecture is used to define
what has happened in the past and how there may not be one correct answer to how
and why something happened. I will be able to push my students to come up with
their own explanations for events by studying both primary and secondary
documents.
new and interesting to me. Growing up in North Carolina, I find it disheartening
that I did not learn about this in school. I guess I could have, but it wasn’t
presented in an interesting way because I feel like I would have remembered
something like this. It is hard to believe that the colonists were never
discovered. That no one heard from them again. By completing this project I have
learned about one of the oldest mysteries in U.S. history. I find it astounding
that efforts are still being made today to uncover what happened to the
colonists.
The content of this project explicitly connects to North
Carolina Standard Course of Study in Social Studies through the following
standards:
Fourth Grade:
2.02
Trace the growth and development of immigration to North Carolina, over time
from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
3.02
Identify people, symbols, events, and documents associated with North Carolina's
history.
3.03
Examine the Lost Colony and explain its importance in the settlement of North
Carolina
Fifth Grade:
4.01
Define the role of an historian and explain the importance of studying
history.
4.02
Explain when, where, why, and how groups of people settled in different regions
of the United States
(Standards obtained directly from North Carolina Standard Course
of Study
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/2003-04/038skills)
Creating this this project has been a great value to me as a
future elementary school teacher. I have pushed myself to discover history as an
investigation of multiple sources and I will be able to pass this along to my
students. I have gained an understanding of how conjecture is used to define
what has happened in the past and how there may not be one correct answer to how
and why something happened. I will be able to push my students to come up with
their own explanations for events by studying both primary and secondary
documents.