amesQuest is a set of WebQuests based on Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the New World. The WebQuest concept was developed by Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University, and JamesQuest has been designed with a loose version of this model in mind. Each webquest is a separate activity, and can be experienced alone and with little preparation. All of the webquests use material on the Internet dealing with Jamestown, European exploration, native Americans, colonial Virginia, and Elizabethan and Stuart England. These websites become the "research library" for the student, and are resources which must be used to complete the indidvidual webquests. Each portion of JamesQuest contains its own set of specific links, but there is a comprehensive bibliography of all available material. The webquests are student activities, and should be tailored to fit specific lesson or projects. Clicking on "Notes to the Teacher" will present some basic guidelines for this, but these are general and loose and are not meant to constrict the activities that can be done using JamesQuest.

JamesQuest is part of the Jamestown Virtual Colony, a repository of lesson plans on the settlement of Jamestown. The Jamestown Virtual Colony was completed by students in the Social Studies Department in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.

JamesQuest Authors: Chad C. Fairey and Michelle Ahn. Both are Master of Education students in the Social Studies program who graduated May 1998.