Pennsylvania William Penn and The Lenni Lenape Native Americans

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PennsylvaniaWilliam Penn and The Lenni Lenape
Native Americans
Fourth Grade Webquest
Click here to begin your webquest!
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Introduction

• Welcome to your Webquest!
  
• It is the late1600s-
• You are an unhappy English settler suffering
  from religious persecution.
• You hear that William Penns colony promises
  equal rights and religious choice. You leave
  England in search of equality and religious
  freedom.
• OR
• You are a Lenni Lenape Native American who
  meets William Penn.
• You admire Penn for his fairness.
• You give Penn and his settlers information
  about how to survive in the new world.
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  Continue on to the Task Page to learn more.

Essential Question Why did William Penn build
the colony of Pennsylvania?
Essential Question Why were the Lenni Lenape
Native Americans important to William Penn and
the development of his colony?
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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn
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The Task

• TASK Become an expert on William Penn or the
  Lenni Lenape Native Americans.
• View the video The Vision of William
  Penn.
• Visit the PROCESS page to find links
  about your Pennsylvania topic.
• Use your Highlighter page to choose
  important information.
• Write about what you learned on the
  Five Ws Chart.
• Demonstrate your knowledge on the
  Fill-in-the-Blank worksheet.
• Visit the extension
  page to learn more about your Pennsylvania
  topic.
• GROUP ACTIVITY
• Create a Lenni Lenape Totem
  Tales totem pole OR
• Create a William Penn Hall of
  History.
• You will find internet resources to begin your
  search in the PROCESS section.

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The Process

• WEBSITES
• William Penn
• William Penns Early Life
• Early Pennsylvania
• Lenni Lenape
• Lenape Life 1
• Lenape Life 2

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Extension

• Click on the picture of the Walking Purchase
  for your
  extension activity research sheet. Save your
  research sheet to your student folder.
• William Penn
• Religious Beliefs, Persecutions and Founding of
  Pennsylvania
• Early Days in Penns Woods
• Penns Life in America
• Native American Relations
• Penn Plans a City
• Lenni Lenape Native Americans
• William Penn and Lenape Chief Tammany
• The Walking Purchase
• Native American Relations
• William Penn and the Lenni Lenape
• William Penn Visits the Native Americans
• Penn and the Native Americans
• The Walking Purchase (II)

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Source http//www.quaker.org/wmpenn.html
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Conclusion

• Congratulations!
• Webquest complete! 
• As a webquest researcher, do you realize that
• without the Lenni Lenape,
• Penn and the early settlers would not have
  survived.
• Pennsylvania became the model colony.
• William Penn set an important example for
  libertyPenns vision of his Holy Experiment
  showed how a free society would actually work.
• Penn proved that people could make laws on their
  own.
• He showed how people could learn to tolerate one
  another peacefully.
• William Penn believed in the power of free
  people.

You may now work on your group project Create
a Lenni Lenape Totem Tales totem pole
OR Create a William Penn Hall of History.
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Source http//www.quaker.org/wmpenn.html
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Evaluation

• Your group will receive a template rubric showing
  your groups grade based on 
• Historical Accuracy
• Focus on Topic
• Sequencing
• Conventions
• Organization
• Presentation
• Rubric

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