The Smithsonian: Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West

The story of Sacajawea's incredible role as the guide in the Lewis and Clark expedition across America is captured in this engaging, animated video. Learn about the efforts she took to support the explorers, including translating,...

An interactive map equipped with images, text, and clickable links takes history buffs on a journey through the Civil Rights trail. Scholars discovery locations including Atlanta, Georgia, Jackson, and Mississippi as part of an...

Understand the importance of the mapping done by Lewis and Clark as you work through these learning exercises and learn mapmaking skills yourself.

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.

A hyperhistory that takes the student on an interactive journey along with Lewis and Clark.

Features a key map of Lewis's River Valleys. Click on a key point on the map for in-depth detail.

Meet some of the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They were fur traders, interpreters, hunters, guides, and enlisted men.

Website detailing the events leading up to the Louisiana Purchase and the actual deal that took place.

Resource examines Philadelphia at the start of the nineteenth century when Meriwether Lewis arrived there in 1802.

When writing in his journal about the 'Great Falls', Lewis asked for three wishes: the pencil of Salvator Rosa, the pen of Thompson, and a crimee (camera) obscura.