Image shows the Pocahontas statue, Jamestown, VA
Topics on the Page
Biography Resources
Primary Sources
Multimedia Materials
Learning Plans and the Disney Myth
Ecological Imperialism
Biography Resources
- John Smith from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation website
NOTABLE FACT:
Pocahontas is the only Native American whose portrait is in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building.
Primary Sources
John Smith also wrote to Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1616 advocating on behalf of Pocahontas and that testimony can be viewed here.
Jamestown Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
Pocahontas Revealed: Images of a Legend
- The Virginia Historical Society, led by curators William Rasmussen and Robert Tilton, assembled more than 40 paintings, prints, drawings, sheet music, and other objects. Link here to view a sampling of the exhibit.
Captain John Smith
Jamestown Rediscovery - Pocahontas
- I added a link to the Jamestown Rediscovery. This organization is committed to the archaeological and historical preservation and education of the first American settlement. I found an article about the life of Pocahontas, which provides a biography of her life broken into sections.
- Also, there I found an interactive timeline of the historic site
Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith from the Library of Congress
Multimedia Resources
Virtual Jamestown is a huge collection of primary sources, maps, and public records of historic Jamestown and its inhabitants.
The Other Jamestown explores the settlement from the perspectives of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Early Virginia
The True Story of Pocahontas as NOT Told by Disney
Pocahontas Movie (1995)
The Story of Pocahontas from PBS Learning Media
Here is a video from the instructional Biography website, Pocahontas' video is apart of the Folk Hero anthology https://www.biography.com/people/pocahontas-9443116
A video done by the Smithsonian Organization encompassing what is truth from what is myth on Pocahontas https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-much-do-we-really-know-about-pocahontas-4206184/
Life In Jamestown Colony by History.com
Learning Plans and the Disney Myth
See this site, for lesson plans about Pocahontas and other areas of American history.
Pocahontas: Myth and Misrepresentation
What messages are conveyed by each of these images?
Jamestown and the Jamestown Colony
The Jamestown Colony is known for two important historical developments or "firsts"
- English America's first representative government
- First English colony to use captured Africans as slaves
A Short History of Jamestown, National Park Service
Click on the following link for interactive material on Jamestown, including 3D representations of a native village and colonial fort plus interactive maps on John Smith's voyages.
Video about remnants from the lost library of Jamestown.
Jamestown Timeline
Starving Time by Timeline
Ecological Imperialism
Moreover, notes Charles Mann, "the colonists did not come to the Americas alone. Instead, they were accompanied by a great parade of insects, plants, mammals, and microorganisms" (National Geographic, May 2007, p. 37). In addition, the English settlers "replaced or degraded so much of the native ecosystem that they made it harder and harder for the Indians to survive in their native lands" (p. 44). The great impact came from the roles played by tobacco, honeybees, and domestic animals, each of which fundamentally changed the ecological balance of native life.
See also John Rolfe from the National Park Service site on Historic Jamestown.
Jamestown's Environment by Dennis B. Blanton
Study/Assessment Resources
Jamestown/Pocahontas Key Terms Flashcards
Jamestown Quizizz
Jamestown: From Rags to Riches Quiz
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.