Pocahontas Story: English Settlers and Powhatan, Jamestown, Virginia

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Pocahontas Story English Settlers and Powhatan,
Jamestown, Virginia
Hole, W. (1606). Virginia / discovered and
discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1606 graven by
William Hole. Library of Congress America's
Library, Jump Back in Time
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Model Lesson

• Understanding Goal
• Interaction leads to change.

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Investigative Question

• What can we learn about the interaction of the
  English settlers and the Native Americans from
  the story of Pocahontas?

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Introduction Foldable Book

• Examine the image and answer the question on each
  fold of the booklet.
• After finishing the questions on each folded
  page, open the book to view the image on the
  inside and answer the questions there.

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Introduction T-Chart Current Knowledge

• Brainstorm a list of the things that you know
  about the story of Pocahontas.
• List as many things as you can.

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Investigation Americas Library Stories
Half of the group will read English Settlers and
the other half will read Princess Prisoner. Each
folder has two versions of the same story. Choose
the assignment that has the level of challenge
you would like to work with today.
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Teach Your Story

• Find a partner who read a different story.
• Tell your partner the story that you read.
• Read your T-Chart
• Add new ideas to your T-chart.
• Cross out ideas that you disagree with now.
• Put a question next to ideas that you are not
  sure about.

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Formal AssessmentZoom-In Inquiry

• Zoom-In

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Introduction Pre-reading,
Questions Only

• Look carefully at the picture.
• Describe things that you see in the picture.
• List questions that you have about this picture.

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Investigationduring reading Cloze

• Read out loud as a group the first paragraph of
  John Smiths letter.
• Choose the letter with the amount of support that
  you would like to have for your work today.
• Read the letter.
• Fill in the blanks in the Cloze activity.

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Formal Assessment Picture

• Look closely at the picture below, including the
  writing.
• Imagine how the English settlers and the Native
  Americans might have reacted to the image.
• Draw the facial expressions in each circle to
  represent each groups feelings.
• Write three things that someone from each group
  might say about the image.

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Discussion

• How might these activities support students in
  reading for understanding?