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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Lewis and Clark, American Explorers

For Students 3rd - 8th
A good, brief biography of Lewis and Clark, and a good description of their explorations. Contains a printable map and a cloze (fill in the blank) activity.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Scarcity With the Lewis & Clark Expedition (Student Version)

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this EconEdLink intermediate lesson plan to teach your students about the concept of scarcity. Allow students to use the interactive simulation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to demonstrate their ability to make sound decisions in...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Scarcity With the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Teacher Version)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Lewis and Clark expedition was filled with scarcity issues. They made life and death choices based on scarcity. In this lesson plan, you will travel back to the early 1800's in a time machine and travel with Lewis and Clark. See if...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "Lewis and Clark: American Explorers" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Read Works

Read Works: Mapping the West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 7th
[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.
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Other

Lewisand clark.net: Discovery Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the official reenactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition on its 200th anniversary. The reenactors are following the journals of Lewis as closely as they can in this modern America!
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Courts Martial on the Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the courts-martial that took place after the expedition got under way due to discipline problems at Camp Dubois. There were seven courts-martial in nine months which was considered a low average.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Down the Ohio and Into the Wilderness

For Students 9th - 10th
The expedition spent two and a half months descending the Ohio River. This journal entry describes the Corps of Discovery and their journey down that river.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Rocky Mountain Gates

For Students 9th - 10th
Journal entry vividly describes the expedition's journey through the four gates of the Rocky Mountains in 1805.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Down the Columbia

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed description of the expedition's journey as they traveled down the Columbia River from Weippe to Canoe Camp.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: At the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
Journal entry tells about the exploration by the expedition of the north bank of the Columbia River estuary from the Cascades to the Pacific Coast.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Outfitting the Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what Lewis purchased to outfit his expeditionary force. He also purchased gifts and trade goods for the Indian tribes they would encounter. Includes a detailed list of the provisions.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Lewis's Medicine Chest

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what Lewis had on his shopping list of medical supplies. The contents of Lewis's list have much to tell us about the medical challenges he expected to face on his journey. It included both botanical and chemical medicines,...
Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Portage Route Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an example of a route survey conducted by William Clark in 1805 of the falls, rapids, cascades and ravines from the lower portage camp to the upper falls (Black Eagle) and beyond, using a circumferentor (surveyor's compass) to...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Across the Continental Divide

For Students 9th - 10th
In late 1805, Lewis led his party across the Continental Divide. Read numerous journal entries that describe in vivid detail this experience.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Cryptography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the origins and history of cryptology and how Thomas Jefferson urged Lewis to use a cipher to keep him informed about the progress of the expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Alexander Mackenzie

For Students 9th - 10th
Article compares in detail the expeditions of Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 and the Corps of Discovery in 1804 to cross the western portion of the United States.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Music on the Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how the men of the expedition turned to music for entertainment or to impress the Indians they met. Learn about and listen to Jefferson the violinist and Pierre Cruzatte the fiddle player.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Benjamin Rush, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn detailed information about the life and education of Dr. Benjamin Rush who advised Lewis on how to keep his men healthy and what questions to ask to determine the health practices of the Indians he would encounter. Rush was also a...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Travelers' Rest to Lolo Pass

For Students 9th - 10th
Features Clark's sketch map of Travelers' Rest to Lolo Pass, Montana.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Ordway's Mishap

For Students 9th - 10th
Artist rendering of a mishap that occurred on the keelboat during the Lewis and Clark expedition when "Our mast broke by my steering the boat (alone) near the shore," June 4, 1804.
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Other

Lewis & Clark Among the Shoshone

For Students 9th - 10th
Two sisters and authors go into detail over the journey of Lewis & Clark as they seek the Shoshone Indians for Sacagawea, who played a critical role in communication between the explorers and the Native Americans.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Exploring With Lewis & Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Library of Congress provides a multimedia site using historical documents to tell the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The movies require high speed access but the site will hold student interest.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Mouth of the Missouri

For Students 9th - 10th
This article takes a look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition's exploration of the area around the mouth of the Missouri River.

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