1. King Philip’s War Aka Metacom’s Rebellion

2. Warm Up Observe the image. What do you notice? _____________________ ___________________ What predictions can you make about the figure depicted here? _____________________ ___________________

3. The First Thanksgiving Between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims

4. Massachusetts Colony, 1600-1675 Native American population FALLS from 140,000 to 10,000 English population GROWS to about 50,000 Indians expected to live in Christian “praying towns” and adopt European customs

5. King Philip’s War Relative to the size of the population, this was the MOST destructive war in American history. 40% of New England’s Indians were killed or fled the region.

6. Guiding Question Does 500 Nations draw King Philip as a victim or a hero (or some other kind of figure (what))? - Pay attention to the adjectives and language used to describe King Philip and the war.

7. Directions Work in a group of three to summarize every other paragraph of the article (odd paragraphs if your group # is odd, or even if your group is even). Read every paragaraph, but summarize only every other. Have one group representative paste up each finished summary. Your completed poster will get a team grade.

8. Summaries Try to include language used to describe King Philip/Metacom. No more than one sentence per paragraph. Use commas and semi-colons to add info. Include only the information that is most essential. Leave out details. Read EVERY paragraph, even the ones you don’t summarize.

9. PIE Paragraph How should history teachers teach about King Philip, as a victim, hero, or something else (you explain what)? - Please use evidence from the 500 Nations article and movie to illustrate your point.