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PennsylvaniaWilliam Penn

and The Lenni Lenape Native Americans

Fourth Grade Webquest

Introduction

Welcome to your Webquest! It is the late1600’s-

You are an unhappy English settler suffering from religious persecution. You hear that William Penn’s 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.

Continue on to the Task Page to learn more.

Essential Question: Why were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans important to William Penn and the development of his colony?

Essential Question: Why did William Penn build the colony of Pennsylvania?

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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 W’s 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 ProcessWEBSITES

William PennWilliam Penn’s Early Life

Early Pennsylvania

Lenni LenapeLenape 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 PennReligious Beliefs, Persecutions and Founding of Pennsylvania

Early Days in Penn’s WoodsPenn’s Life in America

Native American RelationsPenn Plans a City

Lenni Lenape Native AmericansWilliam Penn and Lenape Chief Tammany

The Walking PurchaseNative American Relations

William Penn and the Lenni LenapeWilliam Penn Visits the Native Americans

Penn and the Native AmericansThe Walking Purchase (II)

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 liberty

Penn’s 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.

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

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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