LEWIS & CLARK

In 1804, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a U. S. Army "Corps of Discovery" from St. Louis up the Missouri River into the vast, newly acquired Louisiana Territory. Following instructions from President Thomas Jefferson, their aim was to become the first Americans to traverse North America to the Pacific via an imagined water route.

Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/index_flash.html
This exciting exhibition will compare the assumptions of Lewis and Clark and the Indian peoples they were among on such topics as politics and diplomacy, women, geography, animals, military heroism, language, trade and property, curing and health, and plants.
These cultural contrasts reveal how the expedition overcame barriers to communication—or failed to overcome them.

Discovering Lewis & Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org
Conceived in 1993, and online since 1998, is a hyperhistory
in progress, focusing on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time.

Lewis & Clark @ National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
Wild rivers. Rugged mountains. An unknown continent to explore. This great American expedition will face them all. And they need your help on this incredible adventure.

Lewis & Clark @ PBS
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Follow an expedition timeline and maps, or read the journals of the Corps., explore the significance of the expedition using lesson plans and activities, and follow Lewis and Clark on their journey through 11 states, with journal entries, Native American history, and events to celebrate the expedition's bicentennial.

Teach Lewis & Clark
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/771
Lewis and Clark, with minimal advance education and training, classified and drew detailed pictures of 300 flora and fauna never before seen by white American citizens living east of the Mississippi River. They practiced anthropology skills by recording details of Indian tribes they met, including basic language structure. They monitored weather patterns, described geological formations and recorded all these data...

Grade K-2
Westward Expansion
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/1194/2_WestwardExpansion2005.pdf
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/1241/2_westwardexpansion.pdf
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/1076/Westward%20Expansion.pdf
These lesson plans are about the exploration of the American West.
Duration: Indefinite

Grade 3-5
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/
The Sierra Club's Lewis and Clark Web site.
Duration: Indefinite

Grade 6-8
The West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Relive the epic saga of the American West with this companion Web site to Ken Burns' PBS documentary.
Duration: Indefinite