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In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark
This Sierra Club website looks at the journals of Lewis and Clark. The journal entry was made by Captain Clark on August 8, 1804.
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In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark expedition is an amazing part of our history. To learn more about their fascinating journey check out this website. It features a journal entry made by Captain Lewis on August 24, 1805.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Lewis and Clark: Corps of Discovery: Wintering With the Mandan Tribe
The Corps of Discovery stayed with the Mandan tribe for the first winter of their epic trip to the Pacific Coast. Read the entries in the Journals of Lewis and Clark to get first impressions and descriptions of the Native Americans who...
University of Virginia
Lewis and Clark: Maps of Exploration 1507 1814
An online resource from the University of Virginia Library. This exhibition includes maps, documents, and a great overview map collections from the first images of the New World to maps from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Lesson Plan: Lewis and Clark
Lesson in which teachers introduce the expeditions of Lewis and Clark to younger students by examining and discussing objects the explorers discovered on their adventures.
Read Works
Read Works: Mapping the West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Lewis and Clark exploring the Louisiana Purchase. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Library of Congress
Loc: Meeting of Frontiers: History of Expeditions Lewis & Clark
The published version of Lewis and Clark's historic journey is reproduced here from the 1814 version. Page images allow the reader to see what the text originally looked like.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Corps of Discovery: The Lewis and Clark Expedition [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, 5th graders learn about westward expansion and the Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore primary and secondary resource readings on the Louisiana...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Measuring the Falls
This entry from William Clark's journals outlines the importance of the falls of the Missouri in the expedition of Lewis and Clark.
PBS
Lewis and Clark: Inside the Corps: York
Part of a larger site on Lewis and Clark, this is an excellent biography of York that notes passages in the journals that describe his importance in the expedition.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Lewis and Clark Mapping the West
Understand the importance of the mapping done by Lewis and Clark as you work through these learning exercises and learn mapmaking skills yourself.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Lewis's Friends and Mentors
Biographical sketches of some of the men that were involved in the expedition of Lewis and Clark.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Lewis and Clark
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Structured Academic Controversy (SAC), students read four documents that give different accounts of how Lewis and Clark treated the Native Americans they met on their expedition. Students are...
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In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark
This site gives the journal entry of William Clark on Sept. 25, 1804, on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Inside the Corps: To Equip an Expedition
This site highlights a list of a sample of the items Meriwether Lewis began to collect for the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Lewis and Clark
An interactive site that has students follow the Lewis and Clark's expedition. As they travel west, they are able to collect objects on their journey and put them in their specimen box. They also take notes on their specimens so they can...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is approximately 4,900 miles long, extending from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the mouth of the Columbia River, near present day Astoria, Oregon. It connects 16 states. Today, visitors can follow...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Lewis and Clark
Take a trip with Lewis and Clark with this fascinating site. Provides several brief articles, portraits, and photos of actual historical pieces from The Library of Congress' collection.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Cyberhunt Kids: Lewis and Clark Cyber Hunt
What kind of adventures did Lewis and Clark experience on their great expedition? Find out more when you utilize this interactive Internet Cyber Hunt.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark
A hyperhistory that takes the student on an interactive journey along with Lewis and Clark.
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. Young scholars will explore documents related to the purchase and use the map...
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Ed Hamilton: Statue of York of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
This 2003 article reports on the dedication of the sculpture of York, William Clark's slave, who was an important member of the 1803 Lewis and Clark expedition.
PBS
Pbs: The West: Lewis and Clark Expedition
Part of the PBS site, "The West," this link gives a general explanation of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Links to biographies.
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara
From the journals of Lewis and Clark, read about the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes and people that they encountered on their expedition.