Program Two – Outline Two
I.
First English settlement
A.
B.
II.
1.
Percy’s description
2.
Smith’s description
Visiting today
Jamestown “Rediscovery”
A.
B.
III.
Coming in 1607
Archaeological finds
1.
Site of original 1607 fort
2.
Over 150,000 artifacts
3.
“Footprints” of structures
Two notable finds
1.
Ring of William Strachey
2.
Skeleton of young man
Smith’s Writings
A.
Overview of Jamestown
B.
Vision of settlement in Smith’s accounts
1.
From “Description of New England”
a.
Work to achieve “desire”
b.
Achieve “pleasure, profit, and content”
2. Four important ideas in all writing
IV.
a.
New land offers bounty
b.
Hard work gains bounty
c.
Smith leads best
d.
Natives can be allies
Story of Pocahontas
A.
Versions of her identity
B.
Interpretations of her myth
V.
VI.
VII.
Stories of Mattaponi
A.
Powhatan’s people today
B.
Pocahontas
C.
Gathering of the Tribes
Celebration
2.
“Trailing of the White Man”
Smith and Powhatan Dialogue
A.
Depiction of Powhatan
B.
Stylized presentation
C.
Series of diplomatic statements
Recreation of Powhatan Village
A.
B.
1.
Picture them
Yuchi tale