Lenape and Colonists
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The Lenape and the
Colonists
The Lenape and the
Colonists
We will learn about each culture, what they
looked like, why they came here and how they
lived.
New vocabulary
Discuss the cooperation and conflicts of the
“salt people” and the Lenape.
Get a full outline of the unit’s expectations.
You will need to take notes at the end of the
presentation. Please take out your notebooks
to prepare.
The people of NJ
The first Natives
came across the
Bering Strait from
Asia. They probably
followed herds of
animals that they
hunted for food.
How they lived
They began as nomads. Nomads are
people who move often to follow food.
They some people began agriculture.
Agriculture is planting and growing crops
Lenni Who???
These nomads
eventually settled in NJ.
They called themselves
Lenni Lanape or
Ordinary People.
They lived along the
Delaware River Valley.
There were three main
groups of Lenape, each
with their own version of
Algonquian
The Culture of the Lenape
Each tribe had their
own chief or sachem.
Chief Oratam’s story
Lenape had a
matrilineage or
privilege and land
was passed down
from the mother’s
side of the family.
Lenni Lenape Life
Wigwam
Long house
The summer home
Deer skin
Decorated with
feathers, beads,
wampum and shells.
Party and good times
(manetuwak)
Jobs
Women
Gardened
Foraged for berries
Dried fruits
built homes
Divorce??
Men
Hunted and fished
Catching Fish
How they cooked
Fun and Games
Winds of change
The first Europeans
came to American
seeking a Northwest
passage.
Why?
Dutch and Swedes
The region now called
NJ was broken into two
large sections the New
Netherlands and New
Sweden. Trade began
happening between
these countries and the
settlers.
Trading and fighting for
land began between
Sweden, the Dutch and
the natives.
The English came to
America for religious
freedom.
The Quakers were one
group from England that
settled in NJ. They
demanded freedom of
religion or tolerance as
well as fair trial rights.
Other settlers came from
Scotland
The Clash of Cultures
The first conflicts between the Dutch and
Lenape or Delaware.
Land
Farming differences
Treaties mistreat the Lenape
Unit work
Vocabulary page packets (2 day)
The time travel experiment (2 week plan)
Unit Review packet (3 days)
Jeopardy (1 day)
Test
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/
language.html
Cultural Pow Wow
Natives:
http://www.prs.k12.nj.us/Just%20for%20
Kids/3-5/Lenape
Colonial
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/games.html
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Class/est572/jo
reste/#Games
Music
http://www.spiritwing.net/music.php