Role 2: Fashion & Home Specialist

Role 2: Fashion & Home Specialist

Lenape Longhouses
Your Role in the Group:

As the Fashion and Home Specialist for your group, it is your job to

research the types of clothing the Lenape wore and the types of homes they

lived in. As you research, you should record the answers you find on your

graphic organizer.

1.     What did men, women, and children wear?

2.     What were Wigwams? How were they made? What were they used for?

3.     What were Longhouses? How were they made? What were they used for?

 
 
**How are Lenape clothing and homes different today than they were hundreds of years ago?
 

Internet Links:
This link will take you to a picture of Lenape men's clothing. Also, you can
click on "Bandolier Bag" for more information.
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/mens_clothing.html
 
This link will take you to pictures of Lenape women's clothing.
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/womens_clothing.html
 
Men's clothing--breechcloths and leggings.
http://www.native-languages.org/breechcloth.htm
 
Information and pictures about moccasins.
http://www.native-languages.org/moccasins.htm
 
More pictures showing Lenape clothing.
http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/region1.html
 
This site explains how wigwams are built, and includes some pictures.
http://www.nativetech.org/wigwam/construction.html
 
Pictures and information about longhouses.
http://scott.k12.va.us/martha2/longhouses.htm
 
Information about wigwams and longhouses.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape2.htm#shelters
 
Basic information about Lenape clothing.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape2.htm#clothes
 
Visit this site to read about how Lenape clothing and Lenape homes have

 

Other Resources:

 

  • Chapter 2 in your social studies textbook has additional information about the Lenape
  • Books about the Lenape from our classroom library and our school library.

 

Lenape clothing
Lenape Mocasins

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