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Lewis and Clark Today

For Students 9th - 10th
The home page for this site changes every day. See where Lewis and Clark are on the day of the home page, or search for a specific day over the period of time that the Corps of Discovery was afield. Find parts of the journals of Lewis...
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University of Virginia

Virginia Center for Digital History: Roots of Lewis and Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
Site that links numerous projects together to commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes letters, documentary and early writings on the travels. There are a few links which may no longer work.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive resource works to promote, educate, and preserve the Lewis and Clark Trail across the United States. View videos, histories, biographies, and more through the foundation's site.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Lewis and Clark: Corps of Discovery: Wintering With the Mandan Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Lewis and Clark: The Archives: Interviews: Dayton Duncan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a detailed account done in interview style about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Jefferson's role is discussed briefly in the second paragraph.
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National Park Service: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
National Park Services presents the general information, history, culture, science and nature of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
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Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Discovering Lewis & Clark From the Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides images taken in the air of the Lewis and Clark trail. Select photos from the linked numerals on the maps, or from the titles listed sequentially beneath the maps for more detailed information on each stop.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Thompson, Lewis, Clark, Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource tells the story of the connections between Canadian fur trader David Thompson, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark. Follow their journey as they travel across the great Northwest.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Military Preparations

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark explores military preparations, the Schuylkill Arsenal, Clark's commission, and how Lewis evaluated his officers.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: America After 1806

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the larger Discovering Lewis & Clark website explores in detail America after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: David Thompson, Lewis, Clark, Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
This web site is a group effort devoted to Lewis and Clark, the explorers. This section of the site describes David Thompson's role in their expeditions.
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US National Archives

National Archives: Lewis and Clark's Expedition to the Complex West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land annexed in the Louisiana Purchase knowing that his area was already inhabited and politically complicated. Students will explore documents related to the purchase and use the map to...
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Lewis & Clark's Expedition to the Complex West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity can be used as an introduction or for a closer study of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Students will learn that the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Three Pests and a Yoke

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark features excerpts from Lewis's journal that discuss his "trio of pests", "the Mahometant yoke", Lewis joining Jefferson's staff, and the Barbary pirates.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Measuring the Falls

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from William Clark's journals outlines the importance of the falls of the Missouri in the expedition of Lewis and Clark.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: On Jefferson's River

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from Discovering Lewis & Clark provides observations and views from the expedition's journey down the Jefferson River in 1805.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Peace Medals

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the history of awarding peace medals to Indian chiefs. Lewis and Clark carried at least eighty-nine peace medals in five different sizes to be given out on their expedition in the early 1800s.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Du Pratz's History of Louisiana

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of Antoine du Pratz's History of Louisiana (1774) which was carried by Lewis and Clark on their expedition to serve as a guide for the kind of information Jefferson wanted the expedition to acquire.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Gills & Drams of Consolation

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the larger Discovering Lewis & Clark recounts the use and rationing of spirits by the Expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Winter at Fort Mandan

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark examines what life was like for the Corps of Discovery in the winter at Fort Mandan.

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