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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Lewis's Medicine Chest

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what Lewis had on his shopping list of medical supplies. The contents of Lewis's list have much to tell us about the medical challenges he expected to face on his journey. It included both botanical and chemical medicines,...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Portage Route Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an example of a route survey conducted by William Clark in 1805 of the falls, rapids, cascades and ravines from the lower portage camp to the upper falls (Black Eagle) and beyond, using a circumferentor (surveyor's compass) to...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Across the Continental Divide

For Students 9th - 10th
In late 1805, Lewis led his party across the Continental Divide. Read numerous journal entries that describe in vivid detail this experience.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Cryptography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the origins and history of cryptology and how Thomas Jefferson urged Lewis to use a cipher to keep him informed about the progress of the expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Alexander Mackenzie

For Students 9th - 10th
Article compares in detail the expeditions of Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 and the Corps of Discovery in 1804 to cross the western portion of the United States.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Music on the Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how the men of the expedition turned to music for entertainment or to impress the Indians they met. Learn about and listen to Jefferson the violinist and Pierre Cruzatte the fiddle player.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Benjamin Rush, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn detailed information about the life and education of Dr. Benjamin Rush who advised Lewis on how to keep his men healthy and what questions to ask to determine the health practices of the Indians he would encounter. Rush was also a...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Travelers' Rest to Lolo Pass

For Students 9th - 10th
Features Clark's sketch map of Travelers' Rest to Lolo Pass, Montana.
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Other

Yankton Chamber of Commerce: Lewis & Clark's Historic Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides specific information about the Expedition through South Dakota. Biographies and journal entries from Lewis and Clark are included.
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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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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Through the Valleys of Lewis's River

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a key map of Lewis's River Valleys. Click on a key point on the map for in-depth detail.
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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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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Keeping the Journals

For Students 9th - 10th
Artist rendering of a scene depicting a typical camp somewhere along the river in Missouri during the expedition of Lewis and Clark. It shows Sgt. Ordway writing his daily entry into his journal.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Cornfed River

For Students 9th - 10th
Article depicts Lewis and Clark's adventures in the Missouri river flood plain in 1804.
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PBS

Idaho Public Television: Lewis & Clark in Idaho

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers perspectives on the most difficult part of the Journey - the Bitterroot Mountains. Also gives perspectives from Native Americans - and an engineer tracks the trail! Transcripts of two PBS programs are provided.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource describes how Lewis and Clark described various animals two centuries ago.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Adventure With Lewis & Clark

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Meriwether Lewis (1774 1809)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, part of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark, briefly presents the life and times of Meriwether Lewis.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: The Return Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed journal entries describe the journey of the homeward-bound Corps of Discovery in 1806.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Northwest Reconnaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the reconnaissance operation, the gathering of intelligence, of the Corps of Discovery.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Columbia River Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource tells the story of the exploration of the "Great River of the West" in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark: Nathaniel Hale Pryor

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the military career and explorations of Nathaniel Hale Pryor.
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In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark

For Students 6th - 8th
This Sierra Club website looks at the journals of Lewis and Clark. The journal entry was made by Captain Clark on August 8, 1804.
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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...