UPDATED NEW 2025/6 SPEC. This lesson examines the reasons behind the attempt to colonise Virginia and the reasons for its failure as well as the role played by Walter Raleigh in planning the Virginia Project.
The lesson resources include:
- 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
- 1 x 21 slide main power point Lesson
- 1 x A4 printable sorting task - Why did the attempt to colonise Virginia fail?
- 2 x A4 printable comprehension style worksheets
The main power point presentation includes:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: A discussion and definition of the term colonise
- Slide 3: Starter 1 - The location of modern day Virginia
- Slide 4: Background information about the colonisation of Virginia
- Slide 5-6: Starter 2 - A choice of two slightly different activities based around the problems faced by the settlers in colonising land in the 1500s.
- Slide 7-10: Background information about the significance and role of Walter Raleigh with added discussion questions.
- Slide 11-13: Task 1 - Why colonise Virginia match up activity with answers and printable resource
- Slide 14: Task 2 - Planning for the attempted colonisation diagram
- Slide 15: Task 3 - Sort task based on the reasons for the failure (links to printable worksheet also included in the pack)
- Slide 16-17: Learning Review Quiz - with answers
- Slide 18-19: Example exam/assessment questions
- Slide 20-21: Lesson fact sheets
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
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