Pocahontas

CURRICULUM: America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass; Unit 3: English and French Settlers Come to America: Lesson 12 – An American Biography: Pocahontas

READ ALOUD: The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong
1607 – Pocahontas of Virginia

TIMELINE:
Powhatan c. 1550-1618 AD
John Smith c. 1580-1631 AD
Pocahontas c. 1595-1617 AD
John Rolfe c. 1585–1622 AD

RESOURCE: History Pockets Colonial America; Pocket 3: The Native Americans
Add: Powhatan Tribe

READ ALOUD: Young Pocahontas in the Indian World by Helen Rountree

READ ALOUD: Kids Make History: A New Look at America’s Story by Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock (9 & up); pgs 6-7

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac (12 & up)

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas: True Princess by Mari Hanes

READ ALOUD: The True Story of Pocahontas (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) by Lucille Rech Penner (5-8 yrs)

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Leslie Gourse (8-12 yrs)

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas (On My Own Biography) by Shannon Zemlicka (7 & up)

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla (7-10 yrs)

The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz (8-12 yrs)

READ ALOUD: Pocahontas in London by Jan Wahl

MOVIE: Pocahontas: The Legend

MOVIE: New World

MOVIE: Pocahontas by Disney

MOVIE: Pocahontas by Animated Hero Classics

 

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