Lenape Web Quest Answers

http://www.bigorrin.org/lenape_kids.htm


1. What does the word “Lenape” mean?

The word Lenape means "the people."


2. Which states did the Lenape Indians live in?

The states the Lenape lived in were New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York.


3. The native Lenape language is also known as ______?

The native Lenape language is also known as Unami.


4. What language do most Lenapes speak today?

The language the Lenape speak today is English.


5. How did the Lenape Indian children live in the past?

The Lenape children played, did housework and went to school. They did lots of housework and had little time to play. Some went fishing and hunting.


6. What were men's roles in the Lenape tribe?

Lenape men went hunting and and went to war to protect their family.


7. What were women's roles in the Lenape tribe?

Lenape women were farmers and also did most of the child care and cooking.


8. In the past, what kind of homes did the Lenape live in?

The Lenape lived in small houses called wigwams.


9. What kind of clothing did the Lenape men and women wear?

Lenape women wore knee length skirts. Lenape men wore breechcloths and leggings.

10. What did the Lenape use for transportation in the days before cars?

The Lenape used canoes for transportation.


11. How did the Lenape get their food? Give some examples of what they ate.

Lenapes farmed most of their food. They grew corn, squash and beans.


12. What tools and weapons did the Lenape use?

Lenape hunters used bow and arrows. Lenape warriors used heavy wood war clubs.

Thanksgiving Day Web Quest Part II

Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside each year in the United States and Canada for giving thanks and remembering the blessings of life. People may celebrate the day with family gatherings, feasting, and prayer. For many people, Thanksgiving calls forth memories of tables crowded with food, happy reunions, football games, and religious contemplation.

For thousands of years, people in many parts of the world have held harvest festivals. The American Thanksgiving Day grew out of these harvest home celebrations. For this reason, the holiday takes place late in the fall, after the crops have been gathered.

More than any other American holiday, Thanksgiving Day is surrounded with tradition, myth, and legend…one legacy of thanksgiving that has endured and remains true to the historical record is the theme of generosity—for three days in the autumn of 1621, some of the native inhabitants of New England (American Indians) joined more recent arrivals from England (The Pilgrims) in sharing the gifts of the land with each other. Each November, American continue this tradition with family and friends.



American Indians have a long tradition of celebrations of thanks for the bounties of the earth. Europeans have also held autumn harvest festivals and feasts for centuries. In 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived at Berkeley Plantation, near what is now Charles City, Virginia, on December 4. The group’s charter required that the day of arrival be observed yearly as a day of thanksgiving to God.

Plymouth Colony. The Plymouth Colony was founded by English pilgrims in 1620 at the site of a deserted Wampanoag Indian village called Patuxet. The colonists’ first winter in Plymouth was harsh, and about half of them died. In the spring of 1621, however, a Patuxet Indian named Tisquantum—called Squanto by the English—showed them how to plant traditional Native American crops of corn and pumpkin in addition to their European peas, wheat, and barley. In early autumn of 1621, the governor of Plymouth, William Bradford, organized a festival to give thanks to God for the survival of the colony and for their first harvest.

The festival lasted three days. Tradition holds that the colonists invited Massasoit, the Wampanoag chief, although some versions of the story claim he came to negotiate a new land treaty. He arrived with about 90 of his people and contributed five deer to the feast. The women of the settlement supervised cooking over outdoor fires. Foods served probably included duck and turkey; a corn porridge called nasaump; and a pumpkin dish called pompion. The English and Wapanoags played games and engaged in contests of skill, and the English held a military review. The colonists held similar harvest celebrations for several years. The Wampanoags did not always participate. Good relations between the colonists and the Indians eventually ended because of disputes over land, religious beliefs, and cultural traditions.






Later Thanksgiving Days in the United States.

The custom of thanksgiving days spread from Plymouth to other New England colonies. During the American Revolution (1775-1783), the Americans observed eight special days of thanks for victories and for being saved from dangers. In 1789, President George Washington issued a general proclamation naming November 26 a national day of thanksgiving.

For many years, the country had no regular national Thanksgiving Day. But some states had a yearly thanksgiving holiday. By 1830, New York had an official state Thanksgiving Day, and other Northern states soon followed its example. In 1855, Virginia became the nation’s first Southern state to adopt the custom.

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November 1863, as “a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father.” Each year afterward, the president formally proclaimed that Thanksgiving Day should be celebrated on the last Thursday of November. But in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set it one week earlier to help business by lengthening the shopping period before Christmas. Congress ruled that after 1941 the fourth Thursday of November would be observed as Thanksgiving Day and would be a legal federal holiday.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada is celebrated in much the same way as in the United States. The first Canadian thanksgiving was celebrated in Newfoundland in 1578. The English captain Martin Frobisher held a ceremony to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey from England. Thanksgiving Day in Canada was formerly celebrated on the last Monday in October. But in 1957, the Canadian government proclaimed the second Monday in October to be the holiday.

Andrews, Melodie. "Thanksgiving Day." World Book Student. World Book, 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.

9. In what year was the first Thanksgiving celebration held?

10. How long did it last?

11. What food was served?

12. What games were played?

13. How did Americans celebrate Thanksgiving during the Revolutionary War?

14. What happened in 1941?

15. What other country celebrates Thanksgiving?

Lenape Web Quest Part II

Copy and paste the web address below in a new tab to find information to answer the following questions:

http://www.bigorrin.org/lenape_kids.htm


1. What were women's roles in the Lenape tribe?


2. In the past, what kind of homes did the Lenape live in?


3. What kind of clothing did the Lenape men and women wear?


4. What did the Lenape use for transportation in the days before cars?


5. How did the Lenape get their food? Give some examples of what they ate.


6. What tools and weapons did the Lenape use?

Lenape Web Quest Part I

Copy and paste the web address below in a new tab to find information to answer the following questions:

http://www.bigorrin.org/lenape_kids.htm


1. What does the word “Lenape” mean?


2. Which states did the Lenape Indians live in?


3. The native Lenape language is also known as ______?


4. What language do most Lenapes speak today?


5. How did the Lenape Indian children live in the past?


6. What were men's roles in the Lenape tribe?

Thought Question

The first people in our country (Native Americans) originally came from Asia (Siberia) by way of the Bering Strait about 40,000 years ago. As we learned, they kept moving south in search of food and a good place to settle. Some traveled to the desert region of what is now the southwestern United States. Others chose the swampy region of the southeastern part of the country. Still others chose the plains of the midwest and as we learned in our last class, some settled in the northeast which includes New York State.

Here is your question:

If you were a Native American living 11,500 years ago, which region of the country would you have chosen to settle in and why?

Give at least three reasons.

The First Inhabitants Of Our Region Part II

Students:

In our last session, you began answering a series of questions about the first inhabitants of our region. Today you will continue by answering another five questions. Review the article and answer the questions in the comment section of the blog.

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The first inhabitants of our region were Native Americans. It is thought that the first people in New York originally came from Asia (Siberia) by way of the Bering Strait about 11,500 years ago. They have been in North America for 40,000 years, but it took them a while to get as far as New York! The hunters and gatherers constantly walked south (away from the glaciers) in search of food.





One of the animals hunted were mammoths, a giant elephant-like animal



They probably followed them over the land bridge shown on the map above and eventually got to what is now New York State. They stopped in New York, perhaps because of the good geographic location. Lake Ontario and New York's rivers provided food, water, and a means of transportation for these early New Yorkers. The Spring and Summer season proved long enough to grow crops, allowing these early hunters and gatherers to become farmers. This permitted them to stay in one place, to form villages.
How do we know how long the Native Americans have been here? Archaeologists have done some digging and have come up with some very old artifacts that date the presence of Native Americans in present day New York State back 11,500 years! The people did not write anything down then, so the only clues we have are what the scientists find buried in the ground. They have found such things as stone axes, projectile points (arrowheads), pottery or stone bowls, and fire rings. With knowledge, an archaeologist can date these materials and tell when people lived where.
From the artifacts we now know for certain that the first inhabitants in New York State were Native Americans, and they have lived here for over 10,000 years.

DEFINITIONS:

Inhabitants- person who lives in an area

Bering Strait - a narrow body of water separating Asia and North America at Alaska

Native American - an American Indian

Archaeologists- a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past.

artifact - an object made by people who lived in the past.

Please answer the following questions:


1. How long have these people been in North America?

2. What is a mammoth?

3. Why did they stop in New York?

4. What permitted them to stay in one place, to form villages?

5. How do we know how long the Native Americans have been here?


Answer the questions in the comment section of the blog.

When you have finished answering the questions, choose the identity Anonymous and publish your comment.

The First Inhabitants of our Region Part I

The first inhabitants of our region were Native Americans. It is thought that the first people in New York originally came from Asia (Siberia) by way of the Bering Strait about 11,500 years ago. They have been in North America for 40,000 years, but it took them a while to get as far as New York! The hunters and gatherers constantly walked south (away from the glaciers) in search of food.





One of the animals hunted were mammoths, a giant elephant-like animal



They probably followed them over the land bridge shown on the map above and eventually got to what is now New York State. They stopped in New York, perhaps because of the good geographic location. Lake Ontario and New York's rivers provided food, water, and a means of transportation for these early New Yorkers. The Spring and Summer season proved long enough to grow crops, allowing these early hunters and gatherers to become farmers. This permitted them to stay in one place, to form villages.
How do we know how long the Native Americans have been here? Archaeologists have done some digging and have come up with some very old artifacts that date the presence of Native Americans in present day New York State back 11,500 years! The people did not write anything down then, so the only clues we have are what the scientists find buried in the ground. They have found such things as stone axes, projectile points (arrowheads), pottery or stone bowls, and fire rings. With knowledge, an archaeologist can date these materials and tell when people lived where.
From the artifacts we now know for certain that the first inhabitants in New York State were Native Americans, and they have lived here for over 10,000 years.

DEFINITIONS:

Inhabitants- person who lives in an area

Bering Strait - a narrow body of water separating Asia and North America at Alaska

Native American - an American Indian

Archaeologists- a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past.

artifact - an object made by people who lived in the past.

Please answer the following questions:

1. Who were the first inhabitants of our region?

2. Where did the first people in New York originally come from?

3. How did they get here?

4. What is the Bering Strait?

5. Why did they walk south?



Answer the questions in the comment section of the blog.

When you have finished answering the questions, choose the identity Anonymous and publish your comment.