Historic Sauder Village

Short excerpt from America’s Library article:

Historic Sauder Village

If you want to travel back in time and see what settlers in the 1830s looked like and how they lived, then you should visit Historic Sauder Village in Ohio. 

I. Vocabulary words from this article:

authentic

damp

drain

founder

persecution

craft

pottery

broom

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II. Pre-Reading Questions

What do you know about early European settlers in America?

How might colonists get lost in a new environment?

III. Reading Time

Click here to read the article.

The Lost Colony

from America’s Library (www.americaslibrary.gov)

When you have finished reading, return to this page and answer the questions below.

IV. Post-Reading Questions

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