1. Pennsylvania William Penn and The Lenni Lenape Native Americans
Fourth Grade Webquest
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2. Welcome to your 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 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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3. – William Penn “Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.”
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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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5. William Penn’s Early Life
The Process
WEBSITES
William Penn
William Penn’s Early Life
Early Pennsylvania
Lenni Lenape
Lenape Life 1
Lenape Life 2
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6. Extension William Penn Lenni Lenape Native Americans
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 Penn’s Woods
Penn’s Life in America
Native American Relations
Penn Plans a City
Lenni Lenape Native Americans
William Penn and Lenape Chief Tammany
The Walking Purchase
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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7. 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.
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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8. Evaluation
Your group will receive a template rubric showing your group’s grade based on: 
Historical Accuracy
Focus on Topic
Sequencing
Conventions
Organization
Presentation
Rubric
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