For young elementary kids, learning about the early American settlements can be a investigation of the reasons behind the success and failures of the early colonists in America. Roanoke’s mystery provides context for the difficulties of settling, Jamestown teaches about the economic reasons to settle, and the Massachusset Bay Colony of Pilgrims shows religious reasons for settling in the New World. Be detectives! Be colonial entrepreneurs! Trace the route of the humble pilgrims! The opportunities for learning from the early American settlements are many.Continue Reading