Introduction
Hello over the next few days you will learn about how the earliest places of West Virginia (Virginia). You will explore several of West Virginia's earliest places.
During your visit you will be asked several questions from the various websites. You must answer these questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
Good Luck and have fun.....
Task
Quest 1: Visit the link below and read about Jamestown. Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper to the best of your ability.
1. Put yourself in the shoes of a colonist. What problems might you face and how would you fix them? Do you think you would have done well in early Jamestown, why or why not?
Link : http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown
Quest 2: Visit the link on the Big Coal River. Answer the questions about the Coal River to the best of your ability.
1. Who founded the Big Coal River and in what year?
2. After reading through the article why do you think the Big Coal River was such a important find?
Quest 3: Visit this link about the Kanawha River. Read through the article noting important explorers and facts. Describe the finding of the Kanahwa River, what well known idividuals visited, what important findings or what was it used for. Write a 5-10 sentence paragraph sharing your findings.
Link: https://wvexplorer.com/attractions/rivers-streams/kanawha-river/
Quest 4: Visit the link below about Martinsburg. Read through the article and list 3 important events with dates that have happened in Martinsburg.
Link: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1552
Quest 5: Visit the link below. Read through the article and answer the questions.
1. Who was the early settler that settle a church in Bunker Hill.
Quest 6: Visit the website below and list 5 things about Morgantown you learned.
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1402
Quest 7: Read and learn about Historic Shepherdstown. What did you find interesting about the town, what did you learn?
Link: http://historicshepherdstown.com/2015/12/a-brief-history-of-shepherdstown/
Quest 8: Visit the link below. Which time frame of Greenbrier Valleys development do you think you would have liked the most, why?
Link: https://greenbrierwv.com/about-gbv/history
Quest 9: Visit the link below about Drapers Meadow (watch video and read). Put yourself in Mary Ingles shoes, would you have done anything different? Do you think she made the right move why or why not?
Link: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/media/29124?article_id=849
Quest 10: Visit the link about Sewell Mountain. List 3 important items of the Mountain.
Link: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/288