Do you think they were good men? • What does the film want us to think? • How do the filmmakers help us to make up our minds in other ways? • Having learnt about the real John Smith and Chief Powhatan, do you think the representations are fair? Give • some reasons for your decisions. How do the characters of Meeko, Flit and Percy help us to decide what Pocahontas and Ratcliffe are like? • Further Activities The Spinning Arrow Pocahontas has a strange dream about a spinning arrow which she believes is pointing her life in a different direction from that which her father has chosen for her. Grandmother Willow, a wise spirit of an ancient tree, says that to understand the dream, Pocahontas must listen with her heart. Make a list of some other famous stories concerning dreams, for example: Adventures in • ‘Alice’s by Lewis Carroll and the story of Joseph from the Bible. Wonderland’ Write a story about one of your dreams. It could be true or one you have made up. • Animation is the 33rd full-length animated film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Find out all you can ‘Pocahontas’ about Walt Disney. Make a list of all the animated films you have seen. • Compare with these other films; how is it similar and how is it different? These ideas may help • ‘Pocahontas’ you: What was the ending like? How did the animals behave? Was the story true or fictional? Music Remember, or if possible listen again to some of the music from the film. The as the song ‘Steady was influenced by authentic Algonquian music. Beating Drum’ How can you tell that it is Native American music? • Choose one of the songs and use it as a basis for a dance drama. •
• Do you think they were good men? • What does the film want us to think? • How do the filmmakers help us to make up our minds in other ways? • Having learnt about the real John Smith and Chief Powhatan, do you think the representations are fair? Give some reasons for your decisions. • How do the characters of Meeko, Flit and Percy help us to decide what Pocahontas and Ratcliffe are like? Further Activities The Spinning Arrow Pocahontas has a strange dream about a spinning arrow which she believes is pointing her life in a different direction from that which her father has chosen for her. Grandmother Willow, a wise spirit of an ancient tree, says that to understand the dream, Pocahontas must listen with her heart. • Make a list of some other famous stories concerning dreams, for example: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll and the story of Joseph from the Bible. • Write a story about one of your dreams. It could be true or one you have made up. Animation ‘Pocahontas’ is the 33rd full-length animated film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Find out all you can about Walt Disney. • Make a list of all the animated films you have seen. • Compare ‘Pocahontas’ with these other films; how is it similar and how is it different? These ideas may help you: What was the ending like? How did the animals behave? Was the story true or fictional? Music Remember, or if possible listen again to some of the music from the film. The song ‘Steady as the Beating Drum’ was influenced by authentic Algonquian music. • How can you tell that it is Native American music? • Choose one of the songs and use it as a basis for a dance drama.