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- 6th - 9th
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Students role-play the identity of a person on the Portola expedition. They write journals for their character, list questions for their character, and conduct Internet research on the expedition. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students research the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the impact it had on westward expansion of the U.S. They write a paper focusing on exploration and Indian relations, create a visual aid based on maps of the expedition, and do a class presentation. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explain the origins of the Hunter-Dunbar Expedition and why it was so important. They map George Hunter and iam Dunbar's expedition route on the Ouachita River. and examine excerpts of George Hunter's journal,. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students select an expedition to research, form expedition teams, keep individual diaries and compare diaries at the end of the simulated expedition. A variety of source documents are utilized in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the three main expeditions into the Yellowstone area in the 1800s. They read about and discuss the expeditions, and in small groups plan the route, supplies, and members for their own simulated expedition. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students formulate theories about the Lewis and Clark Expedition about its purpose and impact on America. They write position papers supported with facts discovered in their research. Students include quotes, factual references, maps, and journal excerpts in their essays. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students recognize modes of transportation. They research historical data from a variety of primary and secondary sources including the Harriman expedition journals, related web sites, and photographs from the expedition. Students compare modes of transportation used by the past Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 to the Harriman Expedition Retraced in 2001. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students plan and conduct an expedition through their neighborhood based on the techniques used by the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in 1899. They research the Harriman expedition on the internet and then create a route and collection techniques to put together an album of their neighborhood journey. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the preparations made by Lewis and Clark before leaving on their expedition. They make predictions about what they believe the two explorers took and organize the list into a venn diagram. They compare their predictions to the actual list. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students use NebraskAcess to access information from Wilson Biographies to complete a fact book about Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, and Thomas Jefferson. They use NebraskAccess to find books on WorldCat about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Full Review »
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