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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students gather information on individuals who played a key role in the Louisiana Purchase in the library and online. They create an original bookmarker in PowerPoint based on information collected. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students use maps, lecture and discussion to explore the unique contributions to the U.S. resulting from the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They complete worksheets, label maps and participate in discussion groups. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students recognize and interpret people and events associated with the Louisiana Purchase. They create their own original booklet based on their work. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students explore the survey of the Louisiana Purchase by creating their own surveying and mapping techniques such as natural maps, pace maps, and orienting. Other students then try to follow the maps. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are able to explain the events leading up to and the significance of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the expedition of Lewis and Clark (1803-1806). They are aske to identify what most Americans did for a living during the 1800s. Students are asked: "What must a farmer be able to do with his crops in order to make money from them?" Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students list six to eight major events in chronological order which led to the Louisiana Purchase. They explain the connection between the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Louisiana Purchase. Students defend an opposing viewpoint- if you are an American Indian, defend the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. If student is not American Indian, defend the Indian viewpoint of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students detrmine the importance of point of view. They use a well-known fairy tale to explore how changing the point of view changes the whole story. They generate questions from the text they want answered during the unit and construct a class trivia book or a collection of trivia books containing their treasure hunt questions and answers to be placed in the class library. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students research primary readings concerning first hand accounts of the Indian tribes living in and around Louisiana's River systems. They complete a brief character sketch of each tribe characterized in the digital readings. These accounts are from a message from President Thomas Jefferson to Congress in February of 1806. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the history of the Louisiana Purchase. They gather information using a digital library and internet resources. The information is used to construct a detailed summary of how the people of time lived. They also use the information to sketch a character from the time. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the exploration route taken by Lewis and Clark during their Voyage of Discovery. They write journal entries from the perspective of Lewis or Clark, map out the journey, and relate western expansion to the issues surrounding the Louisiana Purchase. Full Review »
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