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Lewis & Clark: The Louisiana Purchase
For this facts about the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition online interactive worksheet, students read information and observe a map of the Louisiana Purchase to answer questions showing their comprehension skills....
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Lewis & Clark: A Scientific Journey
Students act as archaeologists. In this Lewis and Clark expedition instructional activity, students develop a list of questions that archaeologists might use to find the physical remains of the expedition and then use print and Internet...
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Lewis and Clark: Prized Possession
Students create a Sacagawea-inspired wampum belt. In this Native-American lesson, students study Sacagawea and her influence on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Students learn about wampum and prized possessions and work in groups to...
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Ethnography of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Students research the people that Lewis and Clark encountered on their expedition. In small groups, they conduct research on a group of Native Americans, answer research questions, and contribute information to a class chart comparing...
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Lewis & Clark Map
In this Lewis and Clark expedition map worksheet, learners examine the route of the expedition and the separate return routes of both Lewis and Clark.
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Plants / Animals Seen by Lewis & Clark
Students conduct research to find references to plants or animals and their uses by Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery by using materials available such as journals, books, internet sources, library materials. Groups create a...
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Meriether Lewis and William Clark: Who are these Men?
Students investigate the Lewis & Clark Expedition. In this history instructional activity, students identify the importance of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, as well as the events leading up to it, then create a poster which...
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Sorting by Site: Missouri quarter reverse
Lewis and Clark took note of the animals common to their home state. As they traveled, they noticed that different places had different types of animals. Your class will use this model to compare and contrast elements that make up their...
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Lewis & Clark Map
In this Lewis and Clark expedition map worksheet, students examine the route of the expedition and the separate return routes of both Lewis and Clark.
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A Century of Expansion: America's Destiny (1763-1867)
How did we grow into such a large nation? Follow the events, wars, and treaties that led to the acquisition of major states as we expanded into the West. The slides provide maps, dates, and simplistic information to help learners...
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Mapping The Way With Lewis & Clark
Fourth graders analyze and compare maps used on the expedition of Lewis and Clark. Students write reports about the geography of the land. They answer questions about Lewis & Clark.
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Lewis & Clark
In this US History word search activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
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Cyber Hunt Activities: Lewis & Clark
Pupils participate in cyber hunt activities involving Lewis and Clark in order to gain a better idea of what it was like to be an explorer of the vast western lands. For this history lesson, students may choose to study the route that...
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A Journey to Language Arts
Students explore events of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Students observe a PowerPoint presentation. They demonstrate journal writing using first person point of view. Students describe life in North America during the early 1800s.
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Jefferson & the Louisiana Purchase
After learning about the Louisiana Purchase, assess your class members' understanding of Napoleon Bonaparte's involvement, states included in the purchase, and important key terms (i.e. neutrality, corps of discovery, etc.) associated...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Lewis & Clark's Expedition to the Complex West
This activity can be used as an introduction or for a closer study of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Students will learn that the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Meet the Corps
Meet some of the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They were fur traders, interpreters, hunters, guides, and enlisted men.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Scarcity With the Lewis & Clark Expedition (Student Version)
Use this EconEdLink intermediate lesson to teach your students about the concept of scarcity. Allow students to use the interactive simulation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to demonstrate their ability to make sound decisions in the...
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National Park Service: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
National Park Services presents the general information, history, culture, science and nature of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Gills & Drams of Consolation
This section of the larger Discovering Lewis & Clark recounts the use and rationing of spirits by the Expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: America After 1806
This section of the larger Discovering Lewis & Clark website explores in detail America after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: On Jefferson's River
This section from Discovering Lewis & Clark provides observations and views from the expedition's journey down the Jefferson River in 1805.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Military Preparations
This section of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark explores military preparations, the Schuylkill Arsenal, Clark's commission, and how Lewis evaluated his officers.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Three Pests and a Yoke
This section of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark features excerpts from Lewis's journal that discuss his "trio of pests", "the Mahometant yoke", Lewis joining Jefferson's staff, and the Barbary pirates.