Jamestown Vocabulary

This vocabulary-focused worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they build academic vocabulary, reading comprehension, contextual reasoning, and understanding of early American history. By defining key Jamestown-related terms using context clues, students strengthen word-meaning inference skills while deepening knowledge of colonial economics, settlement systems, and survival factors in early America.

Skills Reinforced

• Vocabulary Acquisition (Grades 4-6) – Define important Jamestown and colonial terms using sentence-level context clues.
• Colonial Economics & History – Understand how words like colony, mercantilism, and tobacco connect to Jamestown’s success.
• Context Clue Analysis – Practice inferring meaning from informational text rather than relying on memorization.
• Historical Reasoning – Explain how specific vocabulary terms relate to Jamestown’s survival and growth.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA and social studies standards.
• Meaningful Context Sentences – Reinforces comprehension by embedding vocabulary in historical scenarios.
• Quick Connect Question – Encourages deeper thinking by linking word meaning to historical importance.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for vocabulary practice, review lessons, independent work, or social studies integration.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen academic vocabulary, contextual reading skills, and historical understanding through purposeful word study. By connecting key terms to Jamestown’s economy and survival, learners move beyond definitions to true comprehension. It’s a simple, no-prep resource that works well in both classroom instruction and homeschool learning while supporting long-term vocabulary growth.

This worksheet is part of our Jamestown Settlement collection.