Name_______________________
Buckley
English 11 Block______________
Date______________________
American Literature Time Period Media Project – Colonial Period
SOL 11. 2: The student will examine how values and points of view are included or excluded and how media influences beliefs and behaviors.
SOL 11.5 g) Recognize and analyze use of ambiguity, contradiction, paradox, irony, overstatement, and understatement in text.
h) Generate and respond logically to literal, inferential, evaluative, synthesizing, and critical thinking questions before, during, and after reading texts.
Directions: Analyze three media pieces. Complete the chart below. Then, answer the questions that follow.
Search title on ABC/CLIO for the three titles in the columns.
Library Sources: HHS Website—HHS Library—Online Databases—American History—Type in “Quick Search”
Information to Find
Source Title
Source Title
Source Title
“Powhatan: remarks to
Capt. John Smith”
Primary-_______________
Secondary-_____________
Who is the audience for this
source?
What is the point of view?
1st Person (I, me, my)
2nd Person (You, Your)
3rd Person (They, Them, Their)
What is the author’s
purpose or intended effect?
Inform, Entertain, Amuse,
Persuade, Explain, etc.
Is any group excluded from
this perspective?
(Does
bias exist in this source?)
Is the information or
depiction based on fact or
opinion?
What are the persuasive appeals?
Ethos-________________
Logos- _______________
Pathos-_______________
“Pontiac: Reasons for Making War on
the English speech (1763)”
“Boston in 1639”
Identify the mood in the
source?
Record a word that defines
the mood!
1. Using “Pontiac: Reasons for Making War…,” what is its organizational structure?
a. chronological (
)
b. comparison/contrast (
)
c. order of importance (
)
d. listing or enumeration (
)
e. spatial (
)
2. Using “Pontiac: Reasons for Making War…,” what statement from the text best expresses its main idea? Include
an internal citation after its quotes.
a. “My brothers, we have never had in view to do you any evil” (“Pontiac”).
b. “Besides, it is not only for my revenge that I make war upon the English, it is for you, my brothers, as for
us” (“Pontiac”).
c. “I doubt not, my brothers, that this war tries you, on account of the movements of our brothers, who all
the time go and come to your houses” (“Pontiac”).
d. “For I warrant you, when the English shall be driven from here or killed, we shall all retire to our villages
according to our custom, and await the arrival of our father, the Frenchman” (“Pontiac”).
3. Using “Pontiac: Reasons for Making War…,” which additional visual information would be most helpful to the
reader?
a. a map detailing the Euro-Indian alliances
b. a photograph of Pontiac making the speech
c. an outline of his speech
d. a photograph of the meeting of French and Native Americans
4. What would best help a reader evaluate the accuracy of Pontiac’s speech?
a. the speech of an English General from 1763
b. analyzing a newspaper from 1763 covering Pontiac’s region (area where the speech took place)
c. a map of the French and Indian War
d. a biography written about Pontiac
5. How did you infer the mood of the period? Cite textual evidence using internal citations from two of the
sources to support your mood selection.
6. If a student wanted more information on this period, which website would be the best source of information?
a. www.colonialperiod.com, a site that provides students the opportunity to experience life during the
colonial period
b. www.pontiac.com, a site that provides a biographical sketch of Pontiac, the Delaware chief
c. www.americanhistory.org/colonialperiod, a history database focused on the colonial period
d. www.wikipedia.org/colonialperiod, a wiki where people contribute to a page on the colonial period