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Possible Powhatan (K.1a) Instructional Resources

 http://www.whro.org/jamestown2007/lessonPlans/powhatan.html

Lesson Plan

The People of Jamestown: The Powhatan Indians Categorizing Information

 

http://www.historyisfun.org/quadricentennial-videos.htm

Powhatan and Pocahontas

Powhatan was the paramount chief of some 30 Powhatan Indian tribes when English settlers arrived at Jamestown in 1607. His daughter Pocahontas befriended the English and at times served as intermediary between the two cultural groups.

 

http://www.historyisfun.org/clay.htm

Anastasia Triantafillos, a historical interpreter in the Powhatan Indian Village at Jamestown Settlement talks about using clay to engage visitors. 

 

http://www.historyisfun.org/Educational-Audio.htm

“The World of 1607,” a special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement from April 2007 to April 2008, put the founding of Jamestown in a global context and focused on worldwide cultural developments during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Explore themes from “The World of 1607″ in audio minutes.

 

http://virginiaindians.pwnet.org/resources/web_sites.php

The Virginia’s First People: Past and Present Web site includes information, pictures, maps, lesson plans, links, and resources designed to support the Standards of Learning related to the Virginia Indians.

 

http://www.virginiavignettes.org/?p=77

When the English arrived in Virginia in 1607, Powhatan, whose informal name was Wahunsunacock, was the acknowledged paramount chief, or mamanatowick, of at least 32 Algonquian-speaking tribes with more than 150 towns. These tribes ranged from the Potomac River in the north to just south of the James River, and from the fall line of the rivers in the west to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Powhatan, who was probably in his 60s when he first met the English, had acquired leadership of these tribes through inheritance and coercion that was frequently reinforced with family or marriage ties. He held his position not only through military strength but also through great personal and spiritual charisma as well as a complex system of social rules not fully understood by the English. The tribes under Powhatan’s leadership paid tribute to his treasury in food and goods, which were then used for redistribution, trade, rewards, and ceremonial display.

 

In the early years of the English colony, Powhatan’s first intent was probably to incorporate the English into his polity as another tribe. Thwarted by the English, who had another agenda, he retired from leadership around 1616 and died in April 1618.

 

 

http://virginiaindians.pwnet.org/lesson_plans/Heritage%20Trail_2ed.pdf

Virginia Indian Heritage Trail

It is a landmark publication, created by members of the Virginia tribes and reflecting Virginia Indian perspectives on their own history and how that history is interpreted.

 

When the English arrived in Virginia in 1607, Powhatan, whose informal name was Wahunsunacock, was the acknowledged paramount chief, or mamanatowick, of more than 32 tribes, with more than 150 towns. These tribes ranged from the Potomac River in the north to just south of the James River in the south, and from the fall line of the rivers in the west to the Atlantic Ocean. Powhatan, who was probably in his 60s when he first met the English, had acquired leadership of these tribes through inheritance and coercion that was frequently reinforced with family or marriage ties. He held his position not only through military strength but also through great personal and spiritual charisma as well as a complex system of social rules not fully understood by the English. The tribes under Powhatan’s leadership paid tribute to his treasury in

food and goods, which were then used for redistribution, trade, rewards, and ceremonial

display. In the early years of the English colony, Powhatan’s first intent was probably to incorporate the English into his polity as another tribe. Thwarted by the English, who had another agenda, he retired from leadership around 1616 and died in April 1618.

 

http://www.historyisfun.org/PDFbooks/Living_with_the_Indians.pdf

Living with the Indians, a curriculum booklet from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

 

http://powhatan.wm.edu/resources/downloads.htm

This Web page was created for teachers who would like to incorporate research at Werowocomoco and Powhatan into their lesson plans.