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Teacher
Resources
This
page contains specific resources developed for teachers using
this Exploration.
Focusing
Event for Entire Unit
Use
the Check Your Knowledge
About Pocahontas worksheet (Microsoft Word format) to generate
interest. The students are to mark true or false next to the
statements.
Hopefully
there are some misunderstandings or misconceptions about Pocahontas
that can be corrected by this unit.
| Timeline of Powhatan Indians and Jamestown |
| circa 1500 |
Powhatan Chiefdom Created |
| 1525 |
First European Contact with Indians in Virginia |
| 1584 |
Attempted English Colony at Roanoke Island, N.C. |
| 1607 |
Jamestown established |
| 1608 |
John Smith captured by Powhatan |
| 1609 |
John Smith returns to England |
| 1614 |
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe |
| 1615 |
Thomas Rolfe, son of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, born |
| 1616 |
Rolfe family visits England |
| 1617 |
Pocahontas dies in England |
| 1618 |
Powhatan dies in Virginia |
| 1622 |
First Opechancanough War |
| 1634 |
Thomas Rolfe returns to Virginia |
| 1644 |
Second Opechancanough War |
| 1646 |
Opechancanough Dies |
| 1677 |
Powhatans give up all lands in Treaty |
| 1722 |
Powhatans believed extinct |
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Exploration
1: Who Were Pocahontas and Squanto?
Focusing
event:
Ask
students the following questions about this painting:
- Who
do you think is centered in this painting?
- Are
you surprised to know that it is Pocahontas?
- What
do you think is happening?
- Where
do you think she is?
- What
else do you notice about the painting?
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Exploration
2: Evaluating the Disney film Pocahontas (1995)
Activity
1: Pocahontas
What
did Pocahontas look like? Find four contrasting images of Pocahontas
and describe the differences in the way she has been depicted.
Did the view of the Native Americans change as the Pocahontas
images changed?
- Students
can display these images in a presentation or in a word processing
document and describe these differences underneath each image.
- In
analyzing the images, pay attention to the dates of the images.
What was happening in America with respect to Native Americans
during that time?
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