Reading Like a Historian by Brandt Wootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k Chapter 1 Mind Map DART en-us 2021-08-31 00:13:55 UTC 2025-03-16 02:21:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Did Pocahontas rescue John Smith? bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705573449 How do we get students to develop a reasonable answer through careful analysis?]]> 2021-08-31 00:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705573449 Primary Sources bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705574268 John Smith wrote about his experience with chief Powhatan twice]]> 2021-08-31 00:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705574268 Pocahontas DID save him bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705581256 Many years after the initial encounter, he called Chief Powhatan's treatment of him barbarous and concluded that only by Pocahontas throwing herself over his body was he spared

]]> 2021-08-31 00:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705581256 Pocahontas did NOT save him - he was never in danger bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705585189 J.S.'s initial account (1608) does not include any account of danger he faced - instead he was guaranteed freedom in 4 days and would be fed and treated well]]> 2021-08-31 00:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705585189 Secondary Sources/Popular Media bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705587554 Henry Adams, Disney, John Chapman]]> 2021-08-31 00:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705587554 Pocahontas' later fame bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705591251 Pocahontas later sailed to London and became famous - did that affect John Smith's decision to cast himself as a figure in her story to reach greater fame?]]> 2021-08-31 00:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705591251 Non - English Sources bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705607567 Pocahontas' account is noticeably absent. Our main source of framing knowledge comes from anthropological/archaeological knowledge, but even this is framed through the lens of European/Western study. ]]> 2021-08-31 00:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705607567 Archaeological knowledge bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705617580 This does tell us the Powhatan intertribal group was extensive, and Powhatan himself was a cunning diplomat who probably did not view the English as a threat in 1606 because of their ineptness in "The Starving Times"]]> 2021-08-31 00:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705617580 bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705622908
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]]> 2021-08-31 00:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705622908 Adams bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705687904 No thinking person could believe Smith's account, according to Adams

However, as Smith is a Virginian hero, and Adams was anti confederate during the C.W., could he be biased?

Yes(maybe).]]> 2021-08-31 01:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705687904 John Chapman bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705690254 His painting of Pocahontas' baptism really illustrates the origins of the "civilizing" ideal of westward expansion (not the actual point of it, but an important cultural touchstone for the post C.W. era)]]> 2021-08-31 01:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705690254 How do we get students to make sense of all of these sources and draw a conclusion? bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705772137 2021-08-31 01:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705772137 We can start by comparing related posts bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705777814 John Smith's primary accounts are comparable - students can figure out why they differ

What were the purposes of each of the secondary sources? Were there any biases in telling the story?

What do archaeological/historical records tell us about the context of the period?]]> 2021-08-31 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705777814 This also allows us to differentiate primary and secondary sources bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705781004 2021-08-31 01:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705781004 IT IS SOMETIMES NECESSARY TO TRANSLITERATE HISTORICAL TEXT WHEN INTRODUCING THEM bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705786148 2021-08-31 01:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705786148 What conclusions can be drawn? bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705798103 Either the first of John Smith's accounts leaves out the incident of his near execution because he didn't want to brag about his adventures, or because it was generally pretty uneventful other than what was described.

Should we conclude one or the other of the former, then either Powhatan did try to kill Smith, did not try to kill him, or Smith misinterpreted the meaning behind an event that might have been more ritualistic than truly life threatening.]]> 2021-08-31 01:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705798103 Word banks can also be a helpful tool in getting students to understand key vocabulary. bmwootan https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705801883 2021-08-31 01:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bmwootan/42o8nxt3wc6i280k/wish/1705801883