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Historic Jamestowne
Example Fee Waiver
    
JOHN SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL
1234 WASHINGTON STREET
ROCHAMBEAU, YZ 12345
(123) 456-7890



Fee Coordinator
Colonial National Historical Park
P.O. Box 210
Yorktown, Virginia 23690

Dear Fee Coordinator:

John Smith Middle School requests a waiver of the entrance fee to visit the (insert Historic Jamestowne or Yorktown Battlefield, which ever is appropriate) unit of Colonial National Historical Park.

Date of Visit: Tuesday, April 1, 1999
Purpose of Visit: SOL Social Studies Standard 4.3a-g: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by explaining the reasons for English colonization, describing how geography influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown, identifying the importance of the charters of the Virginia Company of London, identifying the importance of the Virginia Assembly as the first representative legislative body in English America, identifying the importance of the arrival of Africans and women to Jamestown, describing the hardships faced by the settlers and the changes that took place to ensure survival, and describing the interactions between the English and Powhatan people, including the contributions of the Powhatans to the survival of the settlers. (State the academic reason for visiting Historic Jamestowne or Yorktown Battlefield. Reason must be specifically linked to curriculum requirements, (i.e. course title and learning objective number) in order to qualify for a fee waiver. Please use your own words to describe the purpose of your visit)
Students/adults 17 or older: 12
Students 16 or under: 38
Number of Buses: 1
Number of Private Owned Vehicles: 2
School group leader: Andy White, Teacher
Principal Ann Brown, Principal
School address and phone #: John Smith Middle School
1234 Washington Street
Rochambeau, YZ 12345
(123) 456-7890
Tour Company: Wherever Tours
4321 wherever Avenue
Wherever, YZ 12345

Sincerely,


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White mulberries of Jamestown  

Did You Know?
English settlers were encouraged to plant mulberry trees to help their silk production attempts. (Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.) Red mulberry is native to North America but the silkworms preferred the white mulberries of the Orient. Today Jamestown has both red and white mulberry trees.

Last Updated: January 16, 2007 at 14:11 EST