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Will the real Pocahontas please stand up?

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Page 1: Will the  real  Pocahontas please stand up?

Will the real Pocahontas please

stand up?

1595?- 1617

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Images of Pocahontas throughout history…

Portrait

Portrait

MoviesAdvertisements

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Story books & statues

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The most recent

images of Pocahonta

s

Disney’s Version

Halloween CostumeFrom the film,

New World

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Pocahontas was the daughter

of Powhatan, the chief

of an Algonkian confederac

y of Virginia

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Powhatan Confederacy

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•Pocahontas was actually her nickname, which meant “playful one”

•Her real name was Matoaka

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Fighting between her people and

the European settlers at Jamestown led to the capture of John Smith

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In 1624, John Smith wrote a book, claiming that Pocahontas had

saved him from execution while he was held prisoner by her tribe

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•Today, we know that it was probably not true

•Historians believe that she was participating in a ceremony and only pretended to save John Smith•She was not in love with John Smith… instead she married a man named John Rolfe

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In 1614, Pocahontas

married tobacco

farmer, John Rolfe, to

create peace between her people and

English

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She moved to England, she became a Christian (her name

was changed to Rebecca), and she had

a child, Thomas

Rolfe

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She met the King and Queen of England and was

treated like royalty

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•Because she was famous, she had an engraving done.

•This is the only from life portrait of Pocahontas

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She was buried in

a churchyar

d in Gravesen

d, England. She was 22 years

old. 

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How can inaccurate media portrayals of Pocahontas affect people’s view of

American Indians?

Quick Write

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Group Work

• Compare and Contrast the film’s version of Pocahontas with reality.

• Each Group will make a transparency

• Must use Venn Diagram

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Topics

1. Meeting John Smith2. Native relations with English colonists3. Relationship with John Smith4. Experiences in England5. Appearance

• Significance to history – (your opinion –every group)