Appleseeds articles from September 2006

Appleseeds archives from September 2006

AppleCorps kids.(Cartoon)
September 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CAPTION: Uh oh... trading boys... Kids working, indentured servants... look like a tough world for kids... ... or a parakeet, I'm sure... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] And most likely nothing to play with...

Fact or fiction?
September 1, 2006... We know many facts about the Jamestown colony. We know there were four boys in the original group of settlers. We know the names of the ships and when they arrived in Virginia. We know that Sam Collier was left in a Powhatan village to learn...

"I think everyone should know that.(Powhatans and Europeans in Jamestown)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... 1 There were TWO sets of people at Jamestown in 1607: the Powhatans and the Europeans, and for the first few years, the Powhatans had the Upper hand. 2 Powhatan was the native person the English paid the most attention to, because he had...

The English arrive.(Jamestown, Virginia)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... It all began in the early 1600s, when the Virginia Company asked King James I of England for permission to start a colony in the New World. The Virginia Company, a group of wealthy Englishmen, hoped to find resources and riches across the...

In the beginning: English boys in Virginia: what was it like to live in Jamestown in the beginning? Read what three of the young colonist might have said about growing up along with the new colony.(Richard Mutton, Nathaniel Peacock, Sam Collier)
September 1, 2006... December 20, 1606 "Farewell, London! We are Virginia bound! My thoughts flood with sailors' tales: rivers of gold, trees so tall they touch the sky, winds able to tear ships apart, and dangerous Indians. My master, Captain John Smith,...

Tsenacomoco my world: as I hold you in my arms, my son, I wonder if you will ever experience the world of your Powhatan ancestors. Let me tell you, Thomas, of my own childhood in Virginia, before and after the English came ...
September 1, 2006... I was born the daughter of a mighty Indian chief, Powhatan. My father controlled many of the native tribes in the eastern part of the land the English call Virginia. Although I am now called in the English world, in our Indian world I was first...

Bound for a new life.(at Jamestown)
September 1, 2006... Ad Jamestown expanded, more laborers were needed to do the work of the growing settlement. Some went willingly to Virginia. Others were children who were taken against their will--kidnapped of tricked into service. Around 1620, the Lord Mayor...

Trading boys, trading cultures.(Thomas Savage was traded for Namontack in Jamestown )
September 1, 2006... Have you ever traded something with a friend? Can you imagine what it would be like if YOU were the thing being traded? That is what happened to a real Jamestown boy, Thomas Savage. When Tom was 13, he went to Jamestown with the First Supply...

Meet Thomas and Susannah Bridges.(of Jamestown, Virginia)(Diary entry)
September 1, 2006... In the story of Thomas and Susannah Bridges, two fictional characters, you'll see that life in Jamestown was not easy, especially for orphans. (In the story, after the parents of Thomas and Susannah died, the children were indentured to Robert...

Playtime.(a game same as Prisoners' Base was played by powhatan)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Though English children didn't have much free time, like Thomas and Susannah, they sometimes had time for games. One game was called Prisoners' Base. Players chose sides and marked boundaries for their territory. The area between lines was No...

"I won't give up": imagine your feelings if you and your family were captured, thrown into the dark hold of a ship, transported across the ocean, and forced to live and work in a totally new place, This is what happened to Nyack, the fictional African boy in this story.(Diary entry)
September 1, 2006... Imagine your feelings if you and your family were captured, thrown into the dark hold of a ship, transported across the ocean, and forced to live and work in a totally new place, This is what happened to Nyack, the fictional African boy in this...

Up in smoke: tobacco then and now.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Can you imagine a world where tobacco saved lives? Today, we know how dangerous it is to smoke or chew tobacco. But nearly 400 years ago, in Virginia, tobacco was "king." After the Starving Time in Jamestown following the harsh winter of...

Digging up history on: Jamestown Island.
September 1, 2006... Today, I went to Jamestown Island, Virginia, where John Smith and other English settlers landed around 400 years ago. Archaeologists have been digging on Jamestown Island since 1994. I got to see where the James Fort once stood, and I watched...

Lech, a Jamestown glassmaker.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... A Polish glassmaker--we'll call him Lech--was hired by the London Company to go to Jamestown to make glass. The year was 1608. When Lech and other laborers arrived, they had hard work ahead of them. Some built a glasshouse and furnaces about a...

Ewww! it's true!(powhatans)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Here's what the Powhatans thought was gross: garlic and onions! They absolutely HATED their taste. And for another gross thought: Everyone in Jamestown had.... head lice! People used combs made of ivory or wood or horn to pick the lice...

Puppy love.(Powhatan dogs grow up to hunter dogs)
September 1, 2006... If you were a Powhatan, puppy to play with. Helen Rountree tells us that Powhatan dogs were about the size of beagles but probably not as cute. Just as soon as they grew up, all that playing came to an end, and off to work they went. Their job...

Really rhymes.
September 1, 2006... To complete this poem, find the rhyming words inside this issue. James Boy Gracious mercy sakes alive! I was one of the one hundred and -- Who left Old England and put to sea. I sailed on the good ship --. When we...

Cross-frame puzzle.
September 1, 2006... ACROSS 1. The -- Indians lived in Virginia before the English arrived. 2. On their way to Virginia, the first colonist went ashore on this island near Puerto Rico to find fresh water and meat. 3. Captains Smith and Newport traded...