This material was used to make metal coffins for wealthy people in colonial Maryland.
Lead
This is the name for a scientist who studies history using graves and bones.
Forensic Anthropologist
These leave green stains on the bones of bodies that have been shrouded.
Shroud Pins
This is the name of the first successful English colony.
Jamestown
This was found near the first skeleton's thigh bone, making scientists think the boy may have been in a fight with Natives.
Arrowhead
This crop was grown to make money by the English in colonial America.
Tobacco
This crop was harvested by the Native Americans and traded with the English for various things.
Corn
This was the name of one of the captains thought to be "The Captain" in chapter 4.
Bartholomew Gosnold
This is an early leader of Jamestown and famous historical figure.
John Smith
This is the year English colonists founded Jamestown.
1607
This metal causes green stains to appear when it decomposes.
Copper
This is a type of servant that sells themselves for 7 years to gain passage to North America.
Indentured Servant
This is the burial process in which the dead are covered in a piece of fabric.
Shrouding
What was the message of “Ode to the Virginian Voyage” by Michael Drayton?
Go to Virginia. You will find wealth and good fortune.
This man kept a journal of the early events of Jamestown.
George Percy
What did “Indian” by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet say about the Natives?
They were innocent victims.
This is the name of the tribe who fought the English at Jamestown.
Powhatan
People from this continent did not arrive in America during this time, but were brought to the states in great numbers and against their will much later.
Africa
This is the process in which the soil is removed from a skeleton but left underneath it.
Pedestal
In Blood on the River, what two things influence Samuel?
Settings and characters
Many of the colonists died.
In Blood on the River, what was Samuel's point of view of the Natives?
Samuel believed the Natives made them stronger.
This is used to see objects buried in the earth without digging them up.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
This is the name for the winter of 1608-09, during which a large number of Jametown's population died of hunger.
The Starving Time
How did William Makepeace Thackeray portray the Natives in “Pocahontas”?
The Native were portrayed as savages.
What is the central idea of Written in Bone?
Forensic anthropologists examine human remains to tell how people lived and died.
List five ways Sally Walker developed her ideas in Written in Bone.
Pictures, captions, titles, maps, anecdotes, dialogue, subtitles, and detailed descriptions.
What is another central idea Sally Walker developed in Written in Bone?
Slow and careful / Many scientists working together / Very Skilled / Make human connections
What was Sally Walker's purpose in writing Written in Bone?
Celebration of the rediscovery of Jamestown / Interest young readers in forensic anthropology
Why should you hear multiple accounts about one event?
We read multiple accounts of the same topic so we can bring all those perspectives together, and in so doing, get a better handle on the truth.