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Historians are Detectives!
YOU be the detective- Did Pocahontas save John Smith's life?
Read and Compare John Smith Document A: "True Relation" and Document B: "General History"
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What are the main points of Document A: "True Relation"
What are the main points of Document B: "General History"
Why do you think John Smith may have added onto his story?
Do you think the addition to his original story was truthful? Why or Why not?
Read and Compare Paul Lewis Interpretation A and J.A Leo Lemay Interpretation B
1. What does Paul Lewis think about John Smith's inconsistences between the two Documents?
2. What does J.A Leo Lemay think about John Smith's inconsistences between the two Documents?
3. Which Historians (Lewis or Lemay) did you find most convincing and why?