Leanna Casale Date: Thursday, November 2nd

Mrs. Evans Time: TBD

Grade: 3
Subject: Social Studies

Topic: Food of the Lenape Indians

Essential Question: What were the main foods the Lenape Indians ate? How did they obtain
these foods?

Standards: 6.1.4.D.10: Describe how the influence of Native American groups, including the
Lenni Lenape culture, is manifested in different regions of New Jersey

Learning Objectives and Assessments

Objectives
SWBAT to compare and contrast how we
eat today versus how the Lenape Indians
ate long ago.
SWBAT explain the different foods the
Lenape Indians ate during each season.
Assessments
Teacher will listen in on the Turn and
Talk students will participate in.
Teacher will have the students fill out a
chart on foods and how they gathered
them.

Materials
2 buckets filled with water
Laminated paper fish, oysters, clams,
Fishing rods (sticks, yarn, paper clips)
Animal posters
Darts
Berries of various colors
Basket for berries
Season Chart

Prior Knowledge: Students have been learning about the Lenape Indians for the past couple of
days and have covered topics such as family roles and medicine.

Lesson Beginning: Teacher will read the poem Food Fight by Kara Scott. The teacher will ask a
few volunteers to share their favorite food. The teacher will ask if they think Lenape Indians ate
the same or different foods we eat today. Teacher will have the students explain that for each
season, the Lenape ate different foods.

Instructional Plan
Teacher will explain each station to the students.
 Students will be split into 4 groups. Students will spend 5 minutes at each
station.
Students will return to their seats and complete a Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall
chart indicating what foods they ate and how they gathered the food. They will
work with the students they are sitting next to to complete the chart.
The students and teacher will discuss the experiences they had at each station and
what it felt like to be a Lenape Indian gathering food.

Station 1: Summer: The students will use a fishing rod made out of a branch, yarn, and paper
clip to try and fish for the fish, oysters, and clams. Students will do this by hooking the paper
clip into the hole.

Station 2: Fall: There will be a basket filled with all types of berries. Students will be a Lenape
gatherer and separate berries into 2 groups poisonous or not poisonous. The students will use
the chart to figure out which group each berry belongs in.

Station 3: Winter: A picture of a deer, bear, rabbit, and beaver will be hung on the wall.
Students will take turns using darts to hit the animals to simulate hunting with a bow and
arrow.

Station 4: Spring: The students will read a short passage on the Three Sister Crops. After
reading the passage, the students will try and solve a tricky puzzle.

Differentiation: Each station incorporates reading a passage, as well as a hands-on activity for
different types of learners. Since they are working in groups, group members can help
struggling peers.
Questions
Do you think the Lenape Indians ate or obtained food the same way we do? Why or why
not?
How did the food change throughout the seasons? How did the Lenape Indians gather
these foods?
Why do you think the Lenape Indians ate different foods for each season?
What does migration mean?
Classroom Management: The teacher will use classroom protocol and enforce the classroom
rules. Groups will be determined prior to the lesson.
Transitions: Teacher will give students reminders about timing. Teacher will use clapping and
the chime to gather students attention.

Conclusion: Students will complete an Exit Ticket writing one thing they learned from the
lesson. Students will share out with the class and hand in their slips to the teacher.