Building A Fort

Our journey continues as we dig deeper into understanding colonial forts. Together we looked at various primary sources, including maps, archeological dig reports, and journal entries. Our research inspired a lot of questions, which resulted in more research. Exclamations rang through out the room as new discoveries were uncovered and theories were formed. We carefully examined the archeological dig site of Jamestown, and watched a lot of videos of the archeologists examining the buried treasures. As questions arose, someone often had connections from their own independent research into nonfiction texts.













Of course this wealth of knowledge led us to build our own model of a colonial fort. The conversations around the types of buildings, building scale, and fort shape were passionate and required a lot of supporting evidence for their ideas. As various buildings were constructed, kids constantly referred to the construction map and to each other to ensure they were building according to the plan.

Kids even began adding artifact replicas that were found within the fort. So far this has included a pipkin, spears, and brick bakery ovens. We are all excited to see what new direction we will be inspired by once we've finished construction on the fort model.