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| Pocahontas works as a secondary source, not as an in depth one, but works well as an introduction. Being a children’s movie, it gives a watered-down version of the events. It gets a lot of things wrong, but it does manage to get some things right. The movie depicts the motivations of the English for wealth, which is correct. It also depicts that their expectations of the expedition were set forth by the Spanish. The gendered roles of the Native American community are depicted fairly well too, with women doing agriculture and men primarily being hunters and warriors. Most importantly though, it shows that the relationship between the English and Native Americans was not a good one. It was a relationship stained by conflict and animosity. The movie does a good job of portraying both sides in the conflict as well. - Taylor Coleman | Pocahontas works as a secondary source, not as an in depth one, but works well as an introduction. Being a children’s movie, it gives a watered-down version of the events. It gets a lot of things wrong, but it does manage to get some things right. The movie depicts the motivations of the English for wealth, which is correct. It also depicts that their expectations of the expedition were set forth by the Spanish. The gendered roles of the Native American community are depicted fairly well too, with women doing agriculture and men primarily being hunters and warriors. Most importantly though, it shows that the relationship between the English and Native Americans was not a good one. It was a relationship stained by conflict and animosity. The movie does a good job of portraying both sides in the conflict as well. - Taylor Coleman | ||
| + | Disney’s Pocahontas works as a secondary source mainly for children. This movie works as a glorified version of the history of Native Americans and the English settlers. The main concept that is accurate from the movie is the Virginia Company and their theories of the land being filled with gold. As well as the perspective the English had on Native Americans. In the movie, the english called them “savages” and assumed the worst from them. The governor believed they were hiding all the gold, when in reality they weren’t worried about the gold. This was represented by John Smith asking Pocahontas in the movie if they had any gold and she pulled out a husk of corn. There are many inaccuracies in the movie, but this is an easily digestible version for children because it leaves out the gruesomeness of the wars between the Natives and the English, but allows them to grasp the general ideas. | ||
| + | -Leah Bicknell | ||
| ====== Problems with historical accuracy? Errors in fact? ====== | ====== Problems with historical accuracy? Errors in fact? ====== | ||
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