Period 2, Day 5 Classwork: The Legend of Pocahontas

Last updated over 1 year ago

11 questions

Note from the author:

Content Objective: I will be able to explore historical misconceptions on the legend of Pocahontas.
Standard Objective: I will be able to cite the textual evidence that best supports a given claim or point.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences based on your personal experiences and ideas.

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to explore historical misconceptions on the legend of Pocahontas.
Standard Objective: I will be able to cite the textual evidence that best supports a given claim or point.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences based on your personal experiences and ideas.

Period 2, Day 5 Classwork: The Legend of Pocahontas

Last updated over 1 year ago

11 questions

Note from the author:

Content Objective: I will be able to explore historical misconceptions on the legend of Pocahontas.
Standard Objective: I will be able to cite the textual evidence that best supports a given claim or point.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences based on your personal experiences and ideas.

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to explore historical misconceptions on the legend of Pocahontas.
Standard Objective: I will be able to cite the textual evidence that best supports a given claim or point.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences based on your personal experiences and ideas.

What challenges might historians face when studying Native Americans in the colonial era?

Please rate how well you understood the "Pochontas: Truth vs. Myth" primary text readings on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

What word goes in the first blank?

What word goes in the second blank?

John Gadsby Chapman, The Hope of Jamestown, 1841

How does Chapman’s painting depict the indigenous response to English arrival in 1607?

How do you think Native Americans actually responded to English arrival in 1607?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about Pocahontas' relationship with John Smith?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the scene when Pochontas saves John Smith's life?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the "Mine, Mine, Mine" scene depicting English arrival to Jamestown in 1607?

Exit Ticket: Given the differences between the 1995 Disney version of Pocahontas and what actually happened in the seventeenth century, how can we - as historians - validate primary sources and determine historical truth?

Period 2, Day 5 Classwork: The Legend of Pocahontas

Period 2, Day 5 Classwork: The Legend of Pocahontas

What challenges might historians face when studying Native Americans in the colonial era?

Please rate how well you understood the "Pochontas: Truth vs. Myth" primary text readings on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

What word goes in the first blank?

What word goes in the second blank?

How does Chapman’s painting depict the indigenous response to English arrival in 1607?

How do you think Native Americans actually responded to English arrival in 1607?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about Pocahontas' relationship with John Smith?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the scene when Pochontas saves John Smith's life?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the "Mine, Mine, Mine" scene depicting English arrival to Jamestown in 1607?

Exit Ticket: Given the differences between the 1995 Disney version of Pocahontas and what actually happened in the seventeenth century, how can we - as historians - validate primary sources and determine historical truth?

Exit Ticket: Please rate how well you understood today's lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

What challenges might historians face when studying Native Americans in the colonial era?

Please rate how well you understood the "Pochontas: Truth vs. Myth" primary text readings on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

What word goes in the first blank?

What word goes in the second blank?

How does Chapman’s painting depict the indigenous response to English arrival in 1607?

How do you think Native Americans actually responded to English arrival in 1607?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about Pocahontas' relationship with John Smith?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the scene when Pochontas saves John Smith's life?

What is factual and what is inaccurate about the "Mine, Mine, Mine" scene depicting English arrival to Jamestown in 1607?

Exit Ticket: Given the differences between the 1995 Disney version of Pocahontas and what actually happened in the seventeenth century, how can we - as historians - validate primary sources and determine historical truth?

Exit Ticket: Please rate how well you understood today's lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: