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Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource works to promote, educate, and preserve the Lewis and Clark Trail across the United States. View videos, histories, biographies, and more through the foundation's site.
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PPT
Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Virginia Antebellum (1800 1860) [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
From 1800-1860, America went through rapid growth and development. View this slideshow to see pictures, charts, maps,primary source documents and a detailed timeline of Virginia during the Antebellum Era.
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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
A hyperhistory that takes the student on an interactive journey along with Lewis and Clark.
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Website
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Lewis and Clark Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The home page for this site changes every day. See where Lewis and Clark are on the day of the home page, or search for a specific day over the period of time that the Corps of Discovery was afield. Find parts of the journals of Lewis...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is approximately 4,900 miles long, extending from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the mouth of the Columbia River, near present day Astoria, Oregon. It connects 16 states. Today, visitors can follow...
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Lewisand clark.net: Discovery Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the official reenactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition on its 200th anniversary. The reenactors are following the journals of Lewis as closely as they can in this modern America!
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
National Park Services presents the general information, history, culture, science and nature of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a trip with Lewis and Clark with this fascinating site. Provides several brief articles, portraits, and photos of actual historical pieces from The Library of Congress' collection.
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Primary
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: First Across the Continent: The Exploring Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1902 work is available here from the University of Virginia. It includes illustrations and, according to the author, is taken largely from the accounts written by the explorers themselves.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: William Clark 1770 1838

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of William Clark, an American explorer who led a famous expedition up the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast in 1804. Links to maps of the expedition.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Meriwether Lewis 1774 1809

For Students 3rd - 8th
A biography of Meriwether Lewis and information about his exploration of the Louisiana Territory that led to the development of the American West. Includes several maps.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Meriwether Lewis

For Students 6th - 8th
A biography of Meriwether Lewis, the man in charge of one of the great expeditions of the United States. (In Spanish)
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Cyberhunt Kids: Lewis and Clark Cyber Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What kind of adventures did Lewis and Clark experience on their great expedition? Find out more when you utilize this interactive Internet Cyber Hunt.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
Read President Thomas Jefferson's secret message to Congress through which he asked for money to explore the West. The 1803 document is accompanied by transcription and overview of its content.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1804-1806 expedition. The article discusses the places that were visited during their journey, the significance of the expedition, encounters they had with...
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Graphic
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Lewis Escapes Death

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an image portraying Lewis's escape from death as he climbed the cliff above the river at Tavern Cave in May 1804.
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Primary
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Hair Raising Hazards

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a letter Meriwether Lewis wrote to his mother describing the unnerving dangers he had faced on the Missouri River and the anxiety he was feeling about what lay ahead.
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Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Manholes on the Mo

For Students 9th - 10th
Lewis writes about an encounter that Sergeant Ordway and Private Willard had with a gang of sawyers on the night of August 4, 1806, somewhere downstream from the mouth of the Milk River.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Lewis & Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Go directly to the classroom resources developed in conjunction with the four-part PBS documentary "Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery." Find 17 lesson plans and activities that comprise a multidisciplinary unit on...
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PBS

Pbs the West: Meriwether Lewis

For Students 9th - 10th
Within the context of the critically acclaimed Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series, "The West", the life of Meriwether Lewis is explored.
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PBS

Pbs: The West: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the PBS site, "The West," this link gives a general explanation of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Links to biographies.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown

For Students 3rd - 8th
On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan and headed west. On their maps, the land that Lewis and Clark was headed for was indicated by a vast, blank space and the word, "Unknown". This is where this journey INTO THE...
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Other

In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark

For Students 6th - 8th
The Lewis and Clark expedition is an amazing part of our history. To learn more about their fascinating journey check out this website. It features a journal entry made by Captain Lewis on August 24, 1805.
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Other

In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark

For Students 6th - 8th
This site gives the journal entry of William Clark on Sept. 25, 1804, on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.