Exploration Across Eras

Students travel with the Corps of Discovery. In this Lewis and Clark Expedition lesson, students watch the PBS video about the expedition and then research the details of the expedition and review the expedition routes.

Learners assume the persona of one of the members of Lewis and Clark's expedition team. They research a member of the expedition team, write a first-person introduction of that team member, and share that introduction in a 2-3 minute...

How did Native Americans react to the arrival of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Here, learners review excerpts of journal entries that chronicle the arrival of the Corps of Discovery to the Shoshone and Blackfeet tribes. Your young...

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...

As part of a study of the Corps of Discovery expedition, class groups research the different Native American tribes Lewis and Clark encountered on their journey and share their findings with the class.

This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark explores the Corps of Discovery's time at the Marias River.

Students investigate the rivers encountered and mapped by the Corps of Discovery. They analyze maps, outline and label rivers on a blank map, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions while watching a National Geographic video,...

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.

This section of the larger website Discovering Lewis & Clark examines how the Corps of Discovery celebrated three special days-Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Independence Day-with a mixture of traditions.

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.