Success Link
Success Link: Lewis and Clark Come Alive
After young scholars research individual members of the Corps of Discovery, they create a living museum of "characters" as they take on the persona of one of the members and present the information they've discovered. Included is a...
Success Link
Success Link: Lewis and Clark Pamphlet
After students do research on the Lewis and Clark expedition, they make pamphlets reflecting the important points of what they've learned.
US National Archives
Nara: American Originals: Lewis and Clark Expedition
Explore documents from the Lewis and Clark Expedition: "list of purchases," "receipt for tobacco," "list of Indian presents," and "receipt for wine and kegs." Each document is accompanied by explanation of context and significance.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Mrc Map of the Big Bend (1880S)
Presents the Missouri River Commission's map of the Big Bend from the 1880s.
Other
Lewis and Clark trail.com: Montana
At this site retrace the journey once taken by Lewis and Clark as they travelled through Montana. Read a description of their adventure, follow the interactive map, and stop at the many points of interest along the way.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Explore!
The Manifest Destiny of the 1800's began with Thomas Jefferson's dramatic political foresight of arranging the Louisiana Purchase. The stories of courage and determination from these lands began with the Lewis and Clark expedition. In...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Adventure With Lewis & Clark
Over the course of five days, students will create a daily journal in the style of Lewis and Clark. At the end of the week, the students will create a video using their Flip cameras recreating their journals.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Plan the Adventure of a Lifetime With Lewis and Clark
This plan is the first lesson in my unit on Lewis and Clark. This is a project-based, hands-on unit in which young scholars "become" part of the Corps of Discovery - the members traveling in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
This collection of images, letters, and maps provides information about the expedition leaders, the president that made the expedition possible, and the people they encountered along the way.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Montana: Lewis and Clark Find the Great Falls of the Missouri River
This lesson gives students an introduction to the state of Montana. Students will be introduced to key events and people from Montana, as well as learn how boundaries are established and maintained, and how culture influences one's...
PBS
Lewis and Clark: Archives: A Timeline of the Trip
An easy-to-follow timeline of Lewis and Clark and their journey to the West beginning with Jefferson's ideas of an expedition in 1806 to the death of William Clark in 1838.
Other
Gorp: National Historic Trails: Lewis and Clark Trail
This site provides a chronology of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the West from 1804-06. There are also brief biographies of the two explorers and the site provides descriptions of 80 historic sites that now exist along the Lewis and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2004 to commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. With a short, detailed passage on their journey and findings.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Lewis and Clark
Kids learn about the biography and life of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on this site. Investigate how they explored the wild west of America.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Exploration: Lewis and Clark
A very brief overview of the Lewis and Clark expedition, focusing on the beginning and western terminus of the trip.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Lewis and Clark Expedition
Presents important information about the Lewis and Clark expedition with 20 interesting facts about this important event that occurred during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The Lewis and Clark expedition helped by Sacagawea traveled...