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Pocahontas
Pocahontas
oWho was Pocahontas?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oWho was Pocahontas?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
pers pec tives
perspectives
way to see things
What was the True
Pocahontas Story?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
When does it happen?
Where does it happen?
What is the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did it happen?
Where does it happen?
What is the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did it happen?
oWhere did it happen?
What is the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did it happen?
oWhere did it happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
We call our land Werowocomoco .
English soldiers made up 'Virginia.'
John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
The Powhatan Indians were the first people living on the land.
The Thirteen Colonies of England
The Thirteen Colonies of England
The Thirteen Colonies of England
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
Who were the people involved in the story?
John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
Who were the people involved in the story?
John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
Who were the people involved in the story?
John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
Who were the people involved in the story?
John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
Who were the people involved in the story?
John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
oWho were the people involved in the story?
oWhen did the story happen?
oWhere did the story happen?
oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
Images of Pocahontas
Captain John Smith
Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think
Smith misunderstood what happened.
John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think
Smith misunderstood what happened.
John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think
Smith misunderstood what happened.
John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think
Smith misunderstood what happened.
John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think
Smith misunderstood what happened.
Kidnapping Pocahontas
Kidnapping Pocahontas
Kidnapping Pocahontas
Kidnapping Pocahontas
English soldiers burned the Indian village.
English soldiers burned the Indian village.
Growing tobacco on a farm in Virginia.
John Rolfe was an English tobacco farmer.
John Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614.
John Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614. Her name was
changed to Rebecca.
John Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614. Her name was
changed to Rebecca. This painting is in the US Capitol building.
John Rolfe and Pocahontas
John Rolfe and
Pocahontas
Pocahontas and Rolfe traveled to England in 1616 and met King
James.
Pocahontas and Rolfe traveled to England in 1616 and met King
James.
Death of Pocahontas
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood this was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood this was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They
probably were not romantic.
o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him.
He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians
think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious
ceremony.
o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia
kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They
baptized her as a Christian.
o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was
born in 1615.
o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James.
o In 1616, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was
buried in England.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
oWho are the people involved in the story?
oWhen does it happen?
oWhere does it happen?
oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience
conflict over the two perspectives?
oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas?
What do you think of this? Support your answer
with reasons.
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
Pocahontas
} a Powhatan Indian
} a European wife
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
Pocahontas
} a Powhatan Indian
} a European wife
use evidence
} clothing, language
} clothing, language
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
Pocahontas
} a Powhatan Indian
} a European wife
> Describe the conflicts.
Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two
perspectives?
use evidence
} clothing, language
} clothing, language
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
Pocahontas
} a Powhatan Indian
} a European wife
> Describe the conflicts.
Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two
perspectives?
> Europeans respected Pocahontas in the 1600.
How? Why do Americans love the Pocahontas
story?
use evidence
} clothing, language
} clothing, language
The movie The New World shows two
perspectives of Pocahontas.
> What are the two perspectives?
Pocahontas
} a Powhatan Indian
} a European wife
> Describe the conflicts.
Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two
perspectives?
> Europeans respected Pocahontas in the 1600.
How? Why do Americans love the Pocahontas
story?
> What might be a problem about the story of
Pocahontas’ choices?
use evidence
} clothing, language
} clothing, language
The essay = a test grade.
*Write a short essay about Pocahontas.
Use information from the movie.
*Your answers to the questions below will help you write.
How do we understand the story of the Princess, Pocahontas?
Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary...
Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary ...except for
this one.
Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary ...except for
this one. When 21-
year old Pocahontas
went to England, artist
Simon van de Passe –
also 21– met her and
prepared this image.
From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas,
wearing a tall hat.
"MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS:
PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”.
"Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616."
Below:
"Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecka daughter to
the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperour of
Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia /
converted and baptized in the Christian
faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh.
Ralff."
Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and
sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British
Museum, London.
From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas,
wearing a tall hat.
"MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS:
PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”.
"Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616."
Below:
"Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to
the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of
Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia /
converted and baptized in the Christian
faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh.
Ralff."
Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and
sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British
Museum, London.
From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas,
wearing a tall hat.
"MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS:
PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”.
"Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616."
Below:
"Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to
the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of
Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia /
converted and baptized in the Christian
faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh.
Ralff."
Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and
sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British
Museum, London.
From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas,
wearing a tall hat.
"MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS:
PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”.
"Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616."
Below:
"Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to
the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of
Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia /
converted and baptized in the Christian
faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh.
Ralff."
Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and
sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British
Museum, London.
Artist Mary Ellen Howe updated the portrait of Pocahontas in 1994.
Two Ways to Understand Pocahontas

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Two Ways to Understand Pocahontas

  • 1.
  • 4. oWho was Pocahontas? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
  • 5. oWho was Pocahontas? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas?
  • 8. What was the True Pocahontas Story?
  • 9. oWho were the people involved in the story? When does it happen? Where does it happen? What is the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 10. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did it happen? Where does it happen? What is the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 11. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did it happen? oWhere did it happen? What is the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 12. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did it happen? oWhere did it happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. We call our land Werowocomoco . English soldiers made up 'Virginia.'
  • 20. John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
  • 21. John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
  • 22. John Smith arrived in Virginia Colony in 1607.
  • 23. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 24. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 25.
  • 26. The Powhatan Indians were the first people living on the land.
  • 27.
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  • 30.
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  • 32.
  • 33.
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  • 35.
  • 36. The Thirteen Colonies of England
  • 37. The Thirteen Colonies of England
  • 38. The Thirteen Colonies of England
  • 39.
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 43. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 44. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
  • 45.
  • 46. Who were the people involved in the story? John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
  • 47. Who were the people involved in the story? John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
  • 48. Who were the people involved in the story? John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
  • 49. Who were the people involved in the story? John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
  • 50. Who were the people involved in the story? John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe
  • 51. oWho were the people involved in the story? oWhen did the story happen? oWhere did the story happen? oWhat was the true story of Pocahontas?
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  • 59. Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
  • 60. Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
  • 61. Many images of Pocahontas are not correct.
  • 62. John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think Smith misunderstood what happened.
  • 63. John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think Smith misunderstood what happened.
  • 64. John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think Smith misunderstood what happened.
  • 65. John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think Smith misunderstood what happened.
  • 66. John Smith said Pocahontas saved him. Now, people think Smith misunderstood what happened.
  • 71. English soldiers burned the Indian village.
  • 72. English soldiers burned the Indian village.
  • 73. Growing tobacco on a farm in Virginia.
  • 74. John Rolfe was an English tobacco farmer.
  • 75. John Rolfe and Pocahontas Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614.
  • 76. John Rolfe and Pocahontas Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614. Her name was changed to Rebecca.
  • 77. John Rolfe and Pocahontas Pocahontas became a Christian around 1614. Her name was changed to Rebecca. This painting is in the US Capitol building.
  • 78. John Rolfe and Pocahontas
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  • 81. Pocahontas and Rolfe traveled to England in 1616 and met King James.
  • 82. Pocahontas and Rolfe traveled to England in 1616 and met King James.
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  • 87.
  • 89. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood this was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 90. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood this was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 91. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 92. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 93. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 94. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1617, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
  • 95. o John Smith was 37. Pocahontas was in her early teens. They probably were not romantic. o Smith thought Pocahontas’s father was going to kill him. He thought Pocahontas stopped her father. Now, historians think maybe John Smith misunderstood. It was a religious ceremony. o After Smith returned to England, English people in Virginia kidnapped Pocahontas. They taught her English. They baptized her as a Christian. o She married John Rolfe in 1614.Their son, Thomas, was born in 1615. o In 1616, they traveled to England. She met King James. o In 1616, she died on a ship returning to Virginia. She was buried in England.
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  • 99. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
  • 100. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
  • 101. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
  • 102. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
  • 103. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
  • 104. oWho are the people involved in the story? oWhen does it happen? oWhere does it happen? oWhat are two perspectives of Pocahontas? oDescribe conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? oWhy do Americans love the story of Pocahontas? What do you think of this? Support your answer with reasons.
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  • 106. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas.
  • 107. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives?
  • 108. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives? Pocahontas } a Powhatan Indian } a European wife
  • 109. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives? Pocahontas } a Powhatan Indian } a European wife use evidence } clothing, language } clothing, language
  • 110. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives? Pocahontas } a Powhatan Indian } a European wife > Describe the conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? use evidence } clothing, language } clothing, language
  • 111. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives? Pocahontas } a Powhatan Indian } a European wife > Describe the conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? > Europeans respected Pocahontas in the 1600. How? Why do Americans love the Pocahontas story? use evidence } clothing, language } clothing, language
  • 112. The movie The New World shows two perspectives of Pocahontas. > What are the two perspectives? Pocahontas } a Powhatan Indian } a European wife > Describe the conflicts. Did Pocahontas experience conflict over the two perspectives? > Europeans respected Pocahontas in the 1600. How? Why do Americans love the Pocahontas story? > What might be a problem about the story of Pocahontas’ choices? use evidence } clothing, language } clothing, language
  • 113. The essay = a test grade. *Write a short essay about Pocahontas. Use information from the movie. *Your answers to the questions below will help you write.
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  • 115. How do we understand the story of the Princess, Pocahontas?
  • 116. Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary...
  • 117. Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary ...except for this one.
  • 118. Almost all images of Pocahontas are imaginary ...except for this one. When 21- year old Pocahontas went to England, artist Simon van de Passe – also 21– met her and prepared this image.
  • 119. From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat. "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”. "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
  • 120. From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat. "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”. "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
  • 121. From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat. "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”. "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
  • 122. From 1616, a Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat. "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”. "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaka aľs (alias) Rebecca daughter to the mighty Prince/Powhâtan Emperor of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) Virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and/wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
  • 123. Artist Mary Ellen Howe updated the portrait of Pocahontas in 1994.

Editor's Notes

  1. John White ca. 1585 watercolor British Museum
  2. Captain John Smith, based on an engraving done in 1616.
  3. n this chromolithograph credited to the New England Chromo. Lith. Company, ca. 1870, Pocahontas saves the life of John Smith. The scene is idealized and relies on stereotypes of Native Americans rather than reliable information about the particulars of this historical moment. There are no mountains in Tidewater Virginia, for example, and the Powhatans lived not in tipis but in thatched houses. And the scene that Smith famously described in his Generall Historie (1624) did not take place outdoors but in a longhouse.
  4. n this chromolithograph credited to the New England Chromo. Lith. Company, ca. 1870, Pocahontas saves the life of John Smith. The scene is idealized and relies on stereotypes of Native Americans rather than reliable information about the particulars of this historical moment. There are no mountains in Tidewater Virginia, for example, and the Powhatans lived not in tipis but in thatched houses. And the scene that Smith famously described in his Generall Historie (1624) did not take place outdoors but in a longhouse.
  5. n this chromolithograph credited to the New England Chromo. Lith. Company, ca. 1870, Pocahontas saves the life of John Smith. The scene is idealized and relies on stereotypes of Native Americans rather than reliable information about the particulars of this historical moment. There are no mountains in Tidewater Virginia, for example, and the Powhatans lived not in tipis but in thatched houses. And the scene that Smith famously described in his Generall Historie (1624) did not take place outdoors but in a longhouse.
  6. picture book, made by Elmer Boyd-Smith (1860-1943), who wrote and illustrated it. The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith was published by Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston and New York) in November 1906.
  7. page 91. Source: Frost, John.  The Pictorial History of the United States of America. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, 1843. 86-106. (Boston, 1852. 80-106.) Illustrations by W. Croome. Lively but standard version of events, with longest attention given to events in England in a quote from Salmon (?).  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/images.php?id=27
  8. Painting John Smith Saved by Pocahontas by Alonzo Chappel, circa 1865, based off his wood carving from 1861, currently on display in the Art Museum of Western Virginia. Smithsonian Inventory information is available, as is an article from The Roanoke Times.
  9. In his engraving The abduction of Pocahontas (1619), Johann Theodor de Bry depicts a full narrative. Starting in the lower left, Pocahontas (center) is deceived by the weroance Iopassus, who holds as bait a copper kettle, and his wife, who pretends to cry. At center right, Pocahontas is put on the boat and feasted. In the background, the action moves from the Potomac to the York River, where negotiations for a hostage trade fail and the English attack and burn a Native American village.
  10. “The Abduction of Pocahontas” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, painted around 1910 https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections-and-resources/virginia-history-explorer/abduction-pocahontas
  11. Frost, John.  The Pictorial History of the United States of America. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, 1843. 86-106. (Boston, 1852. 80-106.) Illustrations by W. Croome. Lively but standard version of events, with longest attention given to events in England in a quote from Salmon (?).  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/images.php?id=28
  12. John White ca. 1585 watercolor British Museum
  13. John White ca. 1585 watercolor British Museum
  14. J. W. Glass, early 1850s
  15. J. W. Glass, early 1850s
  16. John Gadsby Chapman, The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840).
  17. John Gadsby Chapman, The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840).
  18. John Gadsby Chapman, The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840).
  19. J. W. Glass, early 1850s
  20. The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolf, created by German-American artist Anton Hohenstein in Philadelphia around 1860.
  21.  Rice, Daniel, and James Clark. "Pocahontas." 1842. (Thomas McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Vol. 3. Philadelphia, 1844.) (William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton, Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1994. 35.) Rasmussen and Tilton say that this is a lithograph of a painting by Robert Matthew Sully, which, in turn, was a copy of the so-called Turkey Island portrait of Pocahontas that Ryland Randolph, a descendant of Pocahontas, acquired in England. And they point out that the figure of Pocahontas here "was invented to provide an alternative image" for the "rigid, formal, and Europeanized" 1616 van de Passe figure. This lithograph would later appear famously in McKenney and Hall 1844. Sully did three later paintings of Pocahontas in the 1850s. The Turkey Island portrait (Turkey Island was the Randolph home) was in bad shape and disappeared.   http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/images.php?id=26 [lithograph; painting] 
  22. Title: Pocahontas at the court of King James / Richard Rummels; American Colortype Co., N.Y. Creator(s): Rummels, Richard, artist Date Created/Published: Norfolk, Va. : published by the Concessionaire, The Jamestown Amusement & Vending Co., Inc. 1907.
  23. [Goodrich, Samuel G.] By the Author of Peter Parley's Tales. "Pocahontas."  Lives of the Celebrated American Indians. Boston, 1843. 169-89. This Goodrich, of the family of publishing Goodrich's represented in this archive, began the widely popular Peter Parley books for young people in the 1820s and wrote many of them. The preface indicates that the purpose of this book is to correct the "misrepresentations" and "deep prejudice," confirmed by evidence of their current wasted condition, that characterizes knowledge of the Indians. His account of Pocahontas here is of quite generous length, of quite generous praise (the rescue is the "most striking and dramatic incident in the whole history of the North American Indians"), and ends with this paean: "The name of Pocahontas adorns the brightest page in the history of the natives of America. In whatever light we view her character, either as maiden, a wife, or a mother, she is equally entitled to our respect and admiration. Heroic and amiable, constant and courageous, human, generous, discreet and pious, she combined in an extraordinary manner the virtues and perfections of both savage and civilized nature. The union of so many qualities honorable to the female sex and to the human species, should never be forgotten, in forming our estimate of the human race."  [illustrated; juvenile]  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/pocahontas/images.php?id=29
  24.       More details Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat, and seen at half-length. Around the oval lettering reads: "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ". Below oval "Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616." Below: "Matoaks aľs (alias) Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince / Powhâtan Emperour of Attanoughkomouck aľs (alias) virginia / converted and baptized in the Christian faith, and / wife to the wor[shipfu]ll Mr. Joh. Ralff." Engraving by the Dutch and British printmaker and sculptor Simon van de Passe. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
  25. Stearns, Junius Brutus. “The Death of Pocahontas.” 1848.
  26. The "Sedgeford Hall Portrait" (location: King's Lynn Town Hall, Norfolk, UK), is an oil on canvas portrait in the American School[1] by an unknown artist circa 1830. It depicts Pe-o-ka, wife of the Seminole chief, Osceola, and their son.[2] It was once believed by many to be a portrait painted from life of Pocahontas and her son, Thomas Rolfe.