Critical Analysis Activity: Postcolonialism

In order to teach my students about Postcolonialism I would start with doing a free association activity using the following phrases:
"In 1492, Columbus___________"
"At Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and __________ ate dinner together"
"Little boys play cowboys and ________"
What did Lewis and Clark do? (one sentence or less)
“If its not “criss-cross applesauce” its sitting _________ style”

Then I would show them this clip about “Reconsidering Columbus Day” and ask them to do a free writing activity responding to the video. I would then show them clips from the Disney movie Pocahantas and then assign groups different segments of the movie to annotate on VideoAnt using the Postcolonial lens. They would then share their annotations with the class and we would have another discussion regarding what they discovered (no pun intended).