Robin Lofton

Hear ye! Hear ye! What's that sound? It's a PowerPoint about Jamestown. This PowerPoint contains 63 slides about Jamestown, Virginia. It is divided into teachable sections, such as the Powhatan Indian culture, the three ships and their arrival, indentured servitude, and archeological work led by Dr. William Kelso. This unit is suitable for elementary students as well as anyone interested in early colonial history. All photos were taken by me, Robin Thames Lofton, during a Teachers of American Hi

This 169 slide PowerPoint contains photos and information on the Philadelphia, Valley Forge, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area. It documents the Revolutionary War period, post-war period, the Civil War three day battle of Gettysburg, and interior images of an 1800's steel warship and submarine (Olympia and Becuna) docked at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia.In addition, there are numerous landscape photos of the surrounding hillside in the Gettysburg area.

My students worked for one semester creating projects to display in our classroom museum. We designated a day in May for our museum to be open to the public. Displays included triangular Venn-Diagrams to compare/contrast topics such as Native American tribes, sports, Civil War leaders and battles, a kiosk of festivals in Mississippi, Native American villages, God's eyes, acrostics, bio-bottle buddies of famous Mississippians, Mississippi multi-media maps, twisted raffia rope, a handmade quilt to

This PowerPoint contains ten slides showing archeological work in Jamestown, Virginia, led by Dr. William Kelso, Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Archeological Project. It is suitable for elementary grade students to better understand the importance of archeological digs at historical sites. All photos were taken by me, Robin Thames Lofton, during a Teachers of American History tour.