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Cambridge Curriculum Links for P4 and M2

1505-1684: From Discovery to the End of the Bermuda Company

Curriculum Module Title BNT Focus/Field Trip BNT Field Trip Site

SS.P4.C2b Field trip to Spittal Pond, Portuguese Rock. Students will listen Spittal Pond
Politics and Law: to the story of Venturilla. They will also discuss how early ex-
Early Governance (1505-1684) plorers travelled and what Bermuda looked like when Ventu-
Early visitors rilla stepped ashore. Reading of letters and diary entries from
early visitors will complement the field trip.

SS.P4.C1c, SS.P4.H4a Field trip to Tucker House. Investigate Richard Norwood’s map Tucker House
Politics and Law: and learn about the Bermuda Company and the division of
Early Governance (1505-1684) Bermuda into tribes and shares.
Company to Colony
Talk about tobacco growing, agriculture and farming in general.

MLD2A11 Field trip focusing on the how Bermuda’s geography affected its Spittal Pond
Bermuda’s Geography discovery and early history.

MDL2 C13 – C16 Field trip to Verdmont with discussion on the system and condi- Verdmont
Enslavement and the tions of slavery, and comparison of slavery in Bermuda with
Middle Passage slavery in the West Indies.

MDL2 D17 - D20 Field trip to Verdmont with focus on Emancipation and its effect Verdmont
Emancipation and changing on Bermuda’s society and the lives of the newly freed black
status of blacks community. The story of the brig Enterprise (February, 1835) is
brought to life through role play and discussion.

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