Now that we've had some time to chew on the excellent presentation by Mark Summers of Historic James ...

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Now that we've had some time to chew on the excellent presentation by Mark Summers of Historic Jamestown, I invite you to share with your classmates some of your reflections. What you'll find below are a series of questions you can choose to engage with. Pick a few that spark you and write to your classmates. You can also summarize the key takeaways. Show your classmates what you thought were the main arguments of the presentation. What pieces of evidence in particular stood out to you? What did you come away thinking were the main arguments (interpretations) of the period that Mark was making? How did these arguments differ from what we are commonly taught, or understand, about this era in the history of the South? About the history of race in the US? What about the challenges of public history? What about its significance? How do historic sites play a role in the public's understanding of the past? What from our readings in particular would you want visitors to Jamestown to know or read?