RKPJAM_Jamestown

campstools and drawing board, and pictures of
skeletal remains and other artifacts pinned to a
burlap wall.
The kids automatically settled on the camp
stools in front of Joe’s desk and listened intently, as
if he were about to tell them a ghost story. And in
a way, that’s just what it was!
“Well, you know that in 1607, 105 men and
boys left England on three ships. One man died on
the trip, so only 104 actually arrived here at Historic
Jamestowne. All that they built or left behind—
including a fort and buried bodies—was assumed to
have long since disintegrated in the earth. But a few
years ago, a project called Jamestown Discovery was
embarked upon—and as I said, we’ve discovered all
kinds of things.”
“Like skeletons!” Grant said.
Joe nodded. “Yes,” he agreed, “but a lot
more too, only I know to you kids BONES are a big
deal, whether they’re dinosaur bones or human
bones, so I’ll tell you a little about that.”
“The good parts, please,” Christina egged
Joe on. She knew that school-age kids often just
heard parts of history. Adults and textbooks often
avoided sharing the more gruesome aspects about
the past. But Mimi always said that kids should
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