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Checking It Out
1. Use your research skills to find out more about the
voyage of the Ann to the new colony. Who were
the passengers on the Ann? What types of skills
did they have? What could they contribute to the
success of a new colony?
2. Use your research skills to find out more about the
diseases that Europeans introduced into the New
World and for which the Native Americans had no
immunity. Which diseases were the most deadly
and why? How long was it before these key
diseases were controlled in the New World?
Writing Across
the Curriculum
1. Imagine that you are a 14-year-old who made the
voyage across the Atlantic on the Ann. Write a
letter to a friend back in Great Britain describing
life on board the ship and the excitement of
landing in the new colony. Write a second letter,
one year later, describing the pleasures and
difficulties of living in the new colony.
Exploring Technology
1. The European nations that controlled settlements
in the New World were all male-dominated
societies. However, in the Native American and
African societies, women played much more
important roles. Use your favorite search engine to
find out about the role of women in these three
cultures. How did the activities and roles of
colonial women differ from the activities and roles
of Native American women in their matrilineal
society, which you studied in the last chapter?
2. Use your favorite search engine to examine the
exchange of plants and animals between Europe
and the New World. (Use the key words
“Columbian Exchange.”) Did you know, for
example, that the so-called Irish potato came from
the New World? Did you know that the famed
bluegrass of Kentucky came from Europe? Learn
which of our common plants were native to the
New World and which came from Europe.
Applying Your Skills
1. Using a United States map, outline the original
land area granted to Oglethorpe and the other
trustees.
2. Using a current map of Savannah, examine the
layout of the early colony and compare it to
modern Savannah. How are the maps similar and
different? How do current street names indicate a
sense of the history of the early settlement?
3. On a blank Georgia county map, locate Savannah,
Ebenezer, Darien, and St. Simons Island.
4. Draw what you think would be a good layout for
Savannah. How does your design differ from that
used by Oglethorpe?
Just for Fun
Riddles were very popular during the colonial period.
Try your hand at a few. You will need to keep a
colonial “frame of mind.”
1. What flies up but is always down?
2. When is a boy most like a bear?
3. What has a tongue but cannot talk?
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