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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