JAMESTOWN & ‘COGNITIVE DISSONANCE’

Footholds in America, ‘Blueprints’ with Native Americans, Historiography

OBJECTIVES

1. Students will define the term ‘Cognitive

Dissonance’.

2. Students will examine ‘Historiography’ and change over time.

3. Students will identify the reasons why Jamestown ‘worked’.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFXYGNStAH0

Definition - ‘Psychological conflict resulting from simultaneously held conflicting beliefs and attitudes.’

ORIGINS

Using textbook, in groups define and collect information on the following terms/ questions. Present with providing notes for class.

1. Why did they settle?

2. ‘Starving time’

3. ‘John Smith’

‘500 NATIONS’-POHAWTAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qY8yWYB5g

Blueprint- Deception, cultural differences and exploitation

WHO WAS THIS WOMAN!

http://video.disney.com/watch/pocahontas-meets-john-

4c0c673264534f47811a6c4e

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