Unit: Perspectives on Pocahontas
Unit Description
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Day 1: John Smith's 'The General History of Virginia'
Resources: 1 Read excerpt from “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith. Analyze Smith’s use of the third person & compare his account of the Native Americans to our understanding of their culture (based on reading the Origin Myths last week.) |
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Day 2: John Smith's 'The General History of Virginia
Resources: 1 Read excerpt from “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith. Analyze Smith’s use of the third person & compare his account of the Native Americans to our understanding of their culture (based on reading the Origin Myths last week.) |
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Day 3: Pocahontas and racism/sexism
View excerpts from the Disney movie Pocahontas and perform “close reading” to detect implicitly racist and sexist messages about Native Americans, women, and race in general. |
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Day 4: Analyze 'A Statement by the Powhatan Renape Nation regarding Disney’s Pocahontas'
Resources: 1 Compare the end of Pocahontas to “A Statement by the Powhatan Renape Nation regarding Disney’s Pocahontas.” Analyze how the purposes of these two texts affect the rhetorical techniques used and the details included in the stories told. |
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Day 5: Compare multiple aspects of texts read
Resources: 1 Students will compare multiple aspects of the three texts read this week: Speaker, Audience, Subject, Context, Purpose. |
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| Day 6: Pocahontas Unit Test Resources: 1 |
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Unit Resources
| Unit Lesson Plans.doc |
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