Lenape Life and Culture
LTLT: I can explain how the ways groups of people are treated today, and the way they have been treated in the past, impacts their culture.
HOW DID NYC’S LAND CHANGE OVER TIME?
1. roads, bridges, and tall buildings
2. changed from natural land to a big city.
3. The Lenape once lived on the land before Europeans came.
4. Explorers and settlers cut down trees and built homes
CAUSES OF EXPLORATION
MONEY , WEALTH , POWER , NEW LAND , ADVENTURE , FAME
The Lenape name means this in their own language.
The People” or “The Original People
The Lenape respected and protected nature. Today, this practice is similar to what movement?
Environmental protection / conservation.
What is culture?
The way of life of a group of people.”
How people live, what they believe, and what they do.”
Traditions, language, food, music, and customs of a group.”
The shared beliefs and behaviors that make a group unique.”
THIS NATURAL RESOURCE WAS IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING CANOES
WOOD
WHAT 4 COUNTRIES EXPLORED FOR POWER AND WEALTH
FRANCE , SPAIN , ENGLAND, PORTUGAL
MANY VOYAGES WERE FUNDED BY
kings, queens, or trading companies looking for riches
Explorers traveled by sea for months. Today, we can cross the same distance in how long?
A few hours by plane
What does indigenous mean?
The first people who lived in a place before others came.”
“People native to a land — they were there long before explorers or settlers.”
“Original inhabitants of a region.”
THE LENAPE LIVED IN THIS REGION OF NORTH AMERICA
The Northeastern Woodlands (or the area that is now New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware).
The Age of Exploration WAS ALSO CALLED
The Age of Discovery
INSTEAD OF USING MONEY, THE LENAPE TRADED GOODS LIKE SHELLS, FURS, AND CORN. THIS TYPE OF EXCHANGE IS CALLED
Barter” or “Trading.”
The Lenape lived in New York and New Jersey long before cities existed. What major city now stands on some of their land
NYC
HOW DO THE LENAPE FEEL ABOUT THEIR CULTURE TODAY?
They are proud of their culture.”
“They respect their traditions and ancestors.”
“They care about keeping their culture alive.”
“They feel connected to their land and people
The northern Native American tribes lived where ?
The Artic
WHAT COUNTRY DID CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WORK FOR ?
SPAIN
EXPLORERS SOMETIMES THOUGHT THEY REACHED ASIA WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE
AMERICAS
EXPLORERS MAPPED NEW ROUTES. WHAT MODERN TOOLS HELP US MAP AND NAVIGATE TODAY?
“GPS / Google Maps / Satellites.”
DEFINE NATIVE AMERICAN
member of any group of people that lived in North America before explorers from Europe arrived; any of the indigenous peoples of North America
FOODS EATEN BY THE LENAPE INDIANS
Fishing,Shellfish,Wild Plant Foods,
The Age of Exploration took place at the same time as
The Renaissance.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NEVER SET FOOT IN NORTH AMERICA — HE LANDED IN THE
Caribbean
Exploration once meant sailing across oceans. What’s one way humans explore the unknown today
Space exploration / deep-sea exploration / AI research.