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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Yankton Sioux Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about what the Yankton Sioux wanted from Lewis and Clark and why they were disappointed when they met the Corps of Discovery on its journey up the Missouri River. From PBS.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Cross Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Primary
University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska Lincoln: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this historic journey to the Pacific Ocean and back through the most extensive collection of journals, images, and audio files. This online collection of full text entries lets you explore the journey through the journals of...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Missouri Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet the Missouri Indians, the first group of western Indians encountered by the Corps of Discovery. Read how Lewis and Clark dealt with them. From PBS.
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Lesson Plan
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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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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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Opening the West With Lewis and Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Edwin L. Sabin's Opening The West With Lewis And Clark has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Assiniboin Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief description of the impression Lewis and Clark had of the Assiniboin and why the Assiniboin felt threatened by the Corps of Discovery. From PBS.
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Article
PBS

Lewis and Clark: Inside the Corps: Sacagawea

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life of Sacagawea, the only woman to travel with Lewis and Clark on the great journey to the west.
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Interactive
Other

Tower 23: The Not So Well Known Adventures of Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 6th
Here are some math problems to solve while learning about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Get across the continent and win a commendation.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Hidatsa Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the Hidatsa Indians at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Find out about their villages, trade, warfare, and interaction with the Corps of Discovery. From PBS.
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Website
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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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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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Lewis and Clark

For Students 11th - 12th
By reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to explain the significance of the Louisiana Purchase and describe the terms of the Adams-Onis Treaty and the role played by the filibuster in American...
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) presents the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a Constitutional issue. The instructional activity provided relates to the power granted to the President and the Senate to make treaties...
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Activity
Discovering Lewis & Clark

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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Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Judith River

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the discovery of the Judith River named by William Clark in 1805 in honor of his future wife.
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Learning Page: Lewis and Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich resource page with primary sources, online resources, student activities, and lesson plans.
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Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Courts Martial on the Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the courts-martial that took place after the expedition got under way due to discipline problems at Camp Dubois. There were seven courts-martial in nine months which was considered a low average.
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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Down the Ohio and Into the Wilderness

For Students 9th - 10th
The expedition spent two and a half months descending the Ohio River. This journal entry describes the Corps of Discovery and their journey down that river.
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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

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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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Rocky Mountain Gates

For Students 9th - 10th
Journal entry vividly describes the expedition's journey through the four gates of the Rocky Mountains in 1805.

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