This worksheet will help students understand the article Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region and will encourage them to make connections between the Chesapeake Indians and the Indians of coastal North Carolina. Students will also consider multiple perspectives as they think critically about the interactions between Indians and newly-arrived Europeans in the 1600s.

As you read the article Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region, think about how the Indians of the Chesapeake relate to the native peoples of coastal North Carolina before the arrival of the Europeans.

  1. List facts about the Algonquian Indians from this reading.

These were the same native people who lived in the region around Roanoke Island when the English tried to establish a settlement there. Keep these notes as you continue to read the chapter Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony and learn about the voyages of the English to Roanoke in the 1580s.

As you read the section "European Settlement and Conflict," think about the point of view of each of the groups involved. As you study history, you should try to put yourself into the minds of the different people who were involved in a situation. This is also known as "thinking about multiple perspectives."

  1. What were the feelings of each group concerning the difficulties that the English had during their first years in Jamestown and the Algonquian reaction to those difficulties? How did those feelings result in actions for each group?

    Indian feelings English feelings
    Indian actions English actions
  1. What were the feelings of each group after the English had been given permission to live on some land that was in the Indian territory? What do you think were some actions of each group that could have resulted from these feelings?

    Indian feelings English feelings
    Indian actions English actions
  1. What were the feelings of each group after the English began to raid the Indian villages? What were the actions that resulted from these feelings?

    Indian feelings English feelings
    Indian actions English actions

Citation

"Reading guide: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region." NCpedia. Accessed on December 12th, 2024. http://ncpedia-02.dcs.mcnc.org/anchor/reading-guide-native-peoples.