Curated OER
Gateway New Orleans: Louisiana Purchase
Read a description of the terms of the Louisiana Purchase. There is a map to show the land that was included in this deal.
Curated OER
Etc: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803 1809
A map of the United States and the Louisiana Territory showing boundary disputes and boundary claims between 1763 and 1809. The map shows the natural boundaries and extent of the original Louisiana Territory claimed by the French, the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Louisiana Purchase, 1803
A map of the Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803, and the boundary established with the western Spanish territory by the purchase.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803
A map of the Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803, and the boundary established with the western Spanish territory by the purchase. The map overlays the current State boundaries to show the extent of the territory.
Curated OER
Etc: The Louisiana Purchase, 1865 1898
A map of the Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803, and the boundary established with the western Spanish territory by the purchase. The map overlays the current State boundaries to show the extent of the territory.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The United States After the Louisiana Purchase, 1803
A base map showing the extent of the United States after the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The United States Before the Louisiana Purchase, 1800
A base map showing the extent of the United States prior to the purchase of the Louisiana from France in 1803.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) presents the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a Constitutional issue. The lesson provided relates to the power granted to the President and the Senate to make treaties with foreign...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The Expansion Resulting From the Louisiana Purchase, 1803
A base map showing the expansion of the United States resulting from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Curated OER
Etc: The Territory of the Us Before and After the Louisiana Purchase, 1783 1803
A map of the United States showing the extent of the country prior to, and after the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Jefferson's Resolution
Reviews Thomas Jefferson's decision to acquire the Louisiana Territory.
US National Archives
National Archives: Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the Complex West
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land annexed in the Louisiana Purchase knowing that his area was already inhabited and politically complicated. Students will explore documents related to the purchase and use the map to...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: The 'Great' Falls
This section of Discovering Lewis & Clark examines the 'Great Falls' which the expedition had to portage around during the westward leg of their 1805-06 exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
Other
Arkansas Archeological Survey: Indians of Arkansas Indians in the Old South
After the Louisiana Purchase, the status of the Native Americans changed from partners to a declining group whose presence conflicted with United States plans. Follow the events which changed and reshaped the lives of these Native peoples.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Lewis and Clark
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...
Digital History
Digital History: Pathfinders
Read a brief description of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Pike Expedition which sought to map out the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
Library of Congress
Loc: Thomas Jefferson: The West
This resource explains Jefferson's interest in westward expansion while showing and describing many original documents.
US National Archives
Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service
Our Documents is home to one hundred milestone documents that influenced that course of American history and American democracy. Includes full-page scans of each document, transcriptions, background information on their significance, and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: u.s. History Map Interactive
Become a geography whiz as you learn how the United States was settled. Discover how the continent was irrevocably changed by European colonization, the events that caused the wholesale displacement and decimation of the land's original...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Thomas Jefferson
An extensive online biography of Thomas Jefferson written by Edward S. Ellis. Includes a search index, a large set of questions, special study ideas, and several essays on Jeffersonian topics.
PBS
Pbs: New Perspectives on the West
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
Other
The Smithsonian: Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
The Smithsonian's EdGate project provides this illustrated narrative site that explores the mapping of the American West accomplished by the 1804-06 Lewis and Clark expedition.
Other
The Weekly South Dakotan: South Dakota History for 4th Grade
From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.
Other
The Story of the Us Told in 141 Maps
This collection of United States maps includes a year-by-year. Beginning from the Declaration of Independence and extending to present-day, students will learn explore and interact with these maps that change year-by-year.