Fourth Grade Lenape Research

Students adding their research and artifacts

Fourth Grade Lenape Research 

The students have been immersed in researching different aspects of Lenape Indian life from the 1500's. Each student chose some aspect of daily life, culture, customs, government or belief systems to research. They set about focusing on the features of non-fiction and how to use their research books to the best advantage. Students found pertinent facts to their topics and put them into their own words. They worked on figuring out the best order to relate their facts and wove them together to tell their story.  To start their papers, they created great topic sentences. 

Who would have thought this could become...

part of a  Lenape Village

adding finishing touches

Once the students finished writing and typing, they were set to the task of creating some artifacts representative of their topic. They made a map of their village and were given seeds, nuts, leaves and 

making magic

branches and other vegetation from our autumn landscape to fashion their artifacts to enhance their stories. Using things from nature much the same way the Lenape did, students' imaginations went to work. The items that were created are beyond amazing! The research, artifacts, 2-d drawings of themselves as Lenape and the map are all on display outside the 4th grade lower school classroom. Come by and check out the research and the miniature world that 4th grade has created.