Jamestown’s Survival

This structured writing prompt asks students to compose a short essay explaining what helped Jamestown succeed after early difficulties. The worksheet guides paragraph organization by breaking it into introduction, evidence, and conclusion sections. Students must support their ideas with historical details about leadership, agriculture, and cooperation. This task reinforces writing fluency, evidence-based reasoning, and understanding of long-term success factors in colonial America.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Expository Writing

Social Studies – Colonial History Analysis

Writing – Using Evidence to Support Claims

History – Causes of Settlement Success

This worksheet is part of our Jamestown Settlement collection.