| A | B |
|---|
| decade | is 10 years |
| century | is 100 years |
| ghost town | the buildings are there, but no people live in them |
| oral history | is a story of the past that is spoken rather than written |
| artifact | is an object that was used by people in the past |
| colony | is a region that is ruled by another country |
| settler | are the first people to live in a new place |
| ancient | the time long ago |
| invention | something that has been made for the first time |
| Silver City Idaho | example of fast change. When the gold and silver ran out of these towns, they became ghost towns. |
| Tornado in Gainesville, Georgia in 1936 | is an example of an unplanned change, during a disaster such as Hurricane Camille. |
| People can learn about their community | by talking with older people or interviewing people in business or government |
| Museums, historical societies, and libraries | are sources of historical information |
| Landmarks, memorials, historical sites, and historical recreations | provide information about a communities past. |
| Captain John Smith | led the first English settlers from England to Virginia in 1607 |
| Powhatans | Native Americans lived in the area |
| The settlers, or Europeans | built Jamestown, but the settlement site was poor |
| The reasons why they came | Some settlers wanted to find silver and gold, or to share their religious beliefs with the Native Americans, and they wanted to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean |
| What they did here | The main crop of Virginia was tobacco. The settlers grew tobacco and shipped to England |
| Settlers moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg | because the government building burnt down |
