French also trying to establish colonies in the area. Teacher assigns Jamestown group to read the excerpts from John Smith and the St. Augustine group to read the Menendez letter . Teacher assigns positions within groups. Students will discuss motivations for colonization from beginning lecture, then compare excerpts with the lists of supplies and passengers to determine more possible motivations. Teacher acts as facilitator, moving back and forth between groups and helping to involve all students in the discussion.
Students report on findings about motivations as teacher lists answers under appropriate columns.
For further reading Lyon, Eugene. Settlement of Florida . Sixteenth-Century St. Augustine . Williams, David A. History HS-21, colonial Virginia .