US Mint
U.s. Mint: Jamestown Challenge
Sail to the New World, and take the interactive, story quiz on the first permanent English settlement.
History Tools
History Tools: John Smith's Account of Being Rescued by Pocahontas [Pdf]
Primary source article with updated language on John Smith's account of being rescued by Pocahontas.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Story of Pocahontas
In this lesson students learn that there are multiple versions of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith.
Other
Lehigh University Digital Library: Pocahontas Time Line
Features a timeline on the life of Native American Pocahontas and other pertinent information relating to her story.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Pocahontas: One Foot in Two Worlds
What is the true story of Pocahontas? Young scholars draw upon information from photographs, paintings, cartoons, and architectural drawings in order to analyze and interpret historical data.
Other
Virtual Jamestown: Pocahontas
This site provides an "Oil Portrait of Pocahontas by William Ludwell Sheppard, 1891." Links to Virtual Jamestown where there is a great deal of information on this colony's history.
Stanford University
Stanford: Pocahontas
A paper that details the historical accuracy of the famous story of Pocahontas and the rescue of Captain John Smith.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Famous Native Americans
Explore the famous Native American Indians like Pocahontas, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo on this website.
Curated OER
National Park Service: John Rolfe
The National Park Service provides basic biographical facts on John Rolfe whose experiments with tobacco planting provided a profit for the Jamestown colony.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: On the Trail of Captain John Smith
Go along with John Smith and the men who colonized Jamestown. This interactive site allows you to make decisions, play a few games, and gives an authoritative review of the Jamestown settlement.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Pocahontas
A collection of folklore and facts of one of the most famous Native American women in history. Get to know who Pocahontas was and why she is remembered in social studies lessons.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Pocahontas
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Pocahontas" by Joseph Bruchac. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Kindergarten Famous People
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this flipchart, kindergarten students will study information about famous people and use the Activotes to answer questions.
Other
Stephen Schwartz
A biography and partial listing of the works of Stephen Schwartz, composer. He also wrote lyrics for the two Disney musicals Pocahontas and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Captain John Smith
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Captain John Smith, English explorer and a founder of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: John Rolfe and Pocahontas
Overview and biographical facts on the life of John Rolfe, husband of Pocahontas who had the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia.
Other
Baydreaming: Powhatan
Wahunsonacock, Chief Powhatan, was the leader of the Powhatan nation of farmers and hunters during the colonization of America.
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Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography: American Indians: Black Hawk
Scroll down to the portrait of Black Hawk to read a brief biography of this famous Native American chief. From the Smithsonian Institution.
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University of Virginia: Virtual Jamestown Pocahontas
This site from the University of Virigina provides an "Oil Portrait of Pocahontas by William Ludwell Sheppard, 1891." Links to Virtual Jamestown, "a digital research-teaching-learning project to explore the legacies of the Jamestown...
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Infoplease.com: 1600 1699 (a.d.) World History
This site, which is provided for by Infoplease.com, gives a timeline of world history in the 17th Century.
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Photograph:pocahontas
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
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Photograph:pocahontas, Oil on Canvas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pocahontas
Daughter of Powhatan, a distinguished Indian chief, born in 1595; died off Gravesend, England, in March, 1617. Her early life was spent among the Indians in Virginia. In 1607 she became connected with the early history of America by...