Primary sources

Primary sources are evidence created by individuals or people who witnessed or participated in an event at the time that the event occurred.  The 5 main forms of primary sources are text (manuscripts, letters, diaries), audio (music), objects (tools, buildings, clothing), visual material (photographs, art), and places (cemeteries, cultural landscapes, parks).


http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html

Collection of photographs of ceremonies, people, buildings, tools, headgear and much more.  Doesn't have Lenape tribe, but many others are here and could be used as examples of different tribes.


http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=324

This site is operated by The Historical Society of Pennslyvania.  It contains letters written by William Penn, and pictures of encounters between the Lenape Indians and early settlers


A primary source history of the colony of New Jersey

Examines the history of New Jersey, the people, their struggle for equality, and their fight for independence.

This book can be purchased on Amazon.com or can be easily in a library. The link below provides various libraries throughout the state that shelves this book.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56755641?tab=holdings#tabs


Show and Tell Primary Sources

The children or teachers may have primary sources at home that can be brought to the classroom and examined. With being so close to the Delaware and living in the same area that the Lenape Indians lived, there are primary sources floating around. Arrow heads, pottery, clothing, pictures, etc. are all primary sources. Encourage students to bring them in if they have them at home.