Jamestown Live!
Jamestown Settlement, Nov. 9, 2006

Gwen Ifill and Student Reporters

Bringing Education to Life
Experiencing the Journey
That Changed The World

Student Participants Ambassadors

Students ambassadors representing 49 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Department of Defense schools, joined PBS television journalist Gwen Ifill at Jamestown Settlement for a one-hour national webcast to discuss the Jamestown’s legacies of democracy, cultural diversity and the spirit of exploration. More than 1 million students and educators tuned in simultaneously to the live Internet broadcast, hosted by The History Channel, to learn more about Jamestown's role in the development of modern America.

Camille
Woodside
High School
Newport News, VA

Will
Henrico
High School
Richmond, VA

Sarah
Berkeley
Middle School
Williamsburg, VA

Kaitlyn
J.R.Tucker
High School
Richmond, VA

Ciara
Queens Lake Middle School
Williamsburg, VA

Deivan
Berkeley
Middle School
Williamsburg, VA

Historians, maritime experts and astronauts answered questions from Jamestown Live!’s six student reporters. Student ambassadors who attended Jamestown Live! were chosen through a National History Day competition held in June 2006. Through a series of fast-paced interviews, participants offered an engaging look at how representative government, cultural diversity and exploration shaped our country and our society.

Expert Included:

Dr. Jim Horn
Dr. James Horn, author of “A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America” and director of research at Colonial Williamsburg

Chief Steve Adkins
Stephen Adkins, Chief of Virginia’s Chickahominy Indian Tribe and member of the Jamestown 400^th Federal Commission

Dr. Rex Ellis
Dr. Rex Ellis, co-chair of the Jamestown 2007 African American Advisory Council and vice president of the historic area for Colonial Williamsburg

Dr. Bill Kelso
Dr. William Kelso, director of archaeology at Historic Jamestowne

Dr. Kathryn Thornton
Dr. Kathryn Thornton, NASA astronaut, American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Physicist, female record-holder for number of spacewalks and total time spent on spacewalks.

Captain Eric Speth
Captain Eric Speth, captain of the replica ships at the Jamestown Settlement living-history museum

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Bill Warder, Park Ranger, Historic Jamestowne

A sampling of student ambassadors that participated in
Jamestown Live!

State Officials and Student Ambassadors

Caitlin -Ohio

Colin - Arizona

Tiffany - South Carolina

Katherine - Idaho

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Webcast Partner America's 400th Anniversary Partners and Sponsors

Jamestown Live! is developed in partnership with NASA, NCSS, National Education Association, National History Day, U.S. Department of Education, The History Channel, the Jamestown 2007 African American and Virginia Indian Advisory Councils, Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, Historic Jamestowne and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Jamestown Live! is funded in part by Colonial Williamsburg, Verizon and Norfolk Southern Corp., Founding Colony Sponsors of America’s 400th Anniversary.