Roanoke, the Lost Colony

Standards

Michigan GLCE

U2.1 European Struggle for Control of North America
Compare the regional settlement patterns and describe significant developments in Southern, New England, and the mid-Atlantic colonies.
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4�5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Credits

Resources
Yolen, J., Stemple, H. E., & Roth, R. (2003). Roanoke: The lost colony: An unsolved mystery from history. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Bower, B. (2010). America's past. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute.

Illustration depicting discovery of the word �Croatoan� on a tree on Roanoke Island. (Credit: Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Figure with Magnifying Glass. Digital image. Pixabay. OpenClipartVectors, n.d. Web. 28 May 2016. .Creative Commons CC0