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Apple Valley - CA Sir OO6e - Jamestown 400 Project
An Archaeological Investigation based on the English Colony of
Jamestown, 1607-1630. At the Lewis Center for Educational Research.

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Four hundred yeas ago the first permeate English colony clung to the edge of the James River, in Virginia. The colony’s struggling colony establishment the House of Burgess, the first representative government in the “New World.” One hundred and seventy years later the House of Burgess rang with the voices of Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

The Jamestown site is now part of the Colonial National Park (www.nps/colo) is administered by the Nation Park Service and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (www.apva.org). Today APVA archaeologists of the Jamestown Rediscovery (historicjamestowne.org) project are excavating 400 yeas of American History.

At our JAMESTOWN PROJECT, students will excavate a site based on the Glass Works (www.jamestownglasshouse.com) and Governor’s house at Jamestown. They will lean how archaeologist use scientific method and skills of histories to discover the past.

Since the 1934 archaeologist have been investigating the secrets of Jamestown.

The Glass Works (www.jamestownglasshouse.com)...
In 1608 the Virginia Company of London brought German and Polish craftsmen to Jamestown to establish a glass works. In 1611, they again tried to create a glass making industry. This time Italian glass blowers where employed.

Archaeologists from the National Park Service excavated the runs of the Glass Works, in 1954

Governor’s House (www. historicjamestowne.org/dig)...
In 2006, APVA archeologists discovered the 1611 house of Jamestown Lt. Governor Sir John Gates. His house became the governor’s residence from 1611 to 1617.

We appreciate the help of the archaeologists and bookstore staff of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (www.apva.org), in creating this project.

About the Lewis Center...
The mission of the Lewis Center for Educational Research is to stimulate students' and teachers' curiosity in science and technology as well as to encourage an excitement for learning. The Lewis Center and staff volunteers provide learning in a variety of activities and lessons that facilitate an inquiry approach to learning.

In addition to Archaeology Adventure, the Lewis Center has field trips for grades K and up. Teachers may schedule a field by contacting the Local Outreach Dept. at (760) 946-5414, ext. 277 or by sending email to fieldtrips@lcer.org. There are also Lewis Center programs in aeronautics, optical & radio astronomy. For more information see the Lewis Center's web site www.lewiscenter.org/local.

Teachers..

Qualified folk guide your students through their on-site archaeology adventure. The students use the standard tools and methodology of archaeology. They notate and map their progress and finds. Everyone is wonderfully dirty.

Back at school, you guide your class through the process of combining the datum they've gathered to create an archaeological site report.

Finally, using their site reports and memories, students then record and catalog their finds and selected items and features which are added to our site reports. -- this allows everyone to keep up with the current status and new discoveries at the site!

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Heritage Eduction's "Archaeology Adventure" site at the Lewis Center was featured in a recent issue of the Daily Press.

The seal of the Virginia Company of London for Jamestown.

A Jamestown six-pence coin.