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The Expedition Gets Underway
In this Lewis and Clark Expedition worksheet, learners read for information and complete comprehension activities. In this fill in the chart, journal entry, and multiple choice worksheet, students answer twenty questions.
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On to the Great Falls
In this Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Great Falls worksheet, students read for information and complete comprehension activities. In this true and false, fill in the bank, and essay worksheet, students write answers to fifteen...
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One Room Many Minds
Students study the ways in which one room schoolhouses were an integral part of Canadian society. They explore the economic, geographic, and cultural contributions to their establishment and speculate about and compare education...
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Managing the Everglades Ecosystem
Students explore the Everglades ecosystem using the Internet. To develop a picture about conservation of resources in the context of the Everglades. Explore relationships between species and habitats. Develop an idea of how human beings...
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Sentence Structure - Patterns
In this grammar worksheet, students join each simple sentence into a complex sentence by adding words to make one sentence of each pair an adverbial or relative clause.
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Cataracts of the Nile Reviewing Egyptian History
Young scholars investigate and answer questions about the people, places, and events of ancient Egypt and their contributions to world civilization. In small groups they participate in a game answering review questions about ancient...
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VS.3g
Third graders explore describing the interactions between the English settlers and the Powhatan people. They include the contributions of the Powhatan's to the survival of the settlers and review how the Powhatan people and the English...
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SHARK BODY PARTS
Students list all the parts on the shark and label a diagram of the shark anatomy. They define the words, "gill and fin" and describe what they are used for.
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Community and Me
Students continue to examine the concept of communities. In groups, they identify and create a list of their needs and wants and create artwork showing their community working properly. They describe the differences in communities...
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Native Americans: Origins
In this Native Americans worksheet, students read about the origins of the Native Americans and the discovery of North America. Students also read about the arrival of the Europeans to the continent and the Plains Indians.
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Squares
In this squares instructional activity, 10th graders solve and complete 7 various types of problems. First, they divide a product of one with a square of the other. Then, students find the dimensions of a rectangle that will maximize the...
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The Driving Force
Students work in groups and note similarities and differences between their boats: size, shape, color, and unique features. They discuss 3 typical means of propulsion: propellers, sails, and paddles then share their charts with the class.
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Arkansas
In this Arkansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Finding Your Way Around the I & M Canal
Fifth graders utilize a map of the I&M Canal (imbedded in this plan), and perform a series of tasks. They calculate distance, find specific points of interest and solve a set of story problems about the canal.
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Trappers Then and Now
Pupils study how trapping in the Illinois Territory in the 1800's effected the beaver population in the state. They compare methods, rules and regulations of the 1800s to those of today. In groups, they research a variety of viewpoints...
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The 1726 Casco Bay Treaty Conference
Students simulate the Casco Bay Treaty Conference. They read and discuss an excerpt from the Conference proceedings. They work in groups to discuss the concerns of the Conference and why the Indians conceded. They write a response to...
University of Alberta
Atlas of Alberta Railways: Before the Railway: Trails, Canoes and York Boats
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and...
Other
Maine Outdoors: Canoeing in Maine: River Dangers
This site from MaineOutdoors.com gives some dangers that can occur on the river when canoeing or kayaking.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Traditional Metis Transportation
The Metis travelled by Red River cart, canoe, horse, snowshoe, sled dogs and in other ways, all of which are described in this paper. Discussion questions and a bibliography are included.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Down the Columbia
Detailed description of the expedition's journey as they traveled down the Columbia River from Weippe to Canoe Camp.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: K'useyneiskit: The Bitterroot Barrier
This section of the larger site Discovering Lewis and Clark describes in detail the Corps' journey between Packer Meadow and Canoe Camp in 1805.
Other
Metis Nation of Ontario: Metis Historic Timeline
The Metis acted as early trappers, guides, interpreters,voyageurs, coureurs des bois, and canoe paddlers. They hunted buffalo and invented the Red River cart and York boat.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Donelson's Journal the Day They Passed Through the Mountain
The journal kept by John Donelson during the journey by boats down the Tennessee River in 1779-80 is one of the great records of American migration. The most dramatic day of the journey was Wednesday, March 8, a day in which Donelson's...