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PBS

Lewis and Clark: Inside the Corps: York

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site on Lewis and Clark, this is an excellent biography of York that notes passages in the journals that describe his importance in the expedition.
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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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Council for Economic Education

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

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this EconEdLink intermediate lesson to teach your learners 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 the...
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Other

In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark

For Students 6th - 8th
The Lewis and Clark expedition is an amazing part of our history. To learn more about their fascinating journey check out this website. It features a journal entry made by Captain Lewis on August 24, 1805.
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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: Landmark the Bear's Tooth

For Students 9th - 10th
Nicholas King drew up a map in preparation for Lewis and Clark's expedition. View images and read descriptions of one of the landmarks in the Rocky Mountains, Bear's Tooth.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Missouri Headwaters

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents details of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Three Forks in the early 1800s.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the role of technology in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Other

In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Journals of Lewis and Clark

For Students 6th - 8th
This site gives the journal entry of William Clark on Sept. 25, 1804, on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
A hyperhistory that takes the student on an interactive journey along with Lewis and Clark.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lesson Plan: Lewis and Clark

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson in which teachers introduce the expeditions of Lewis and Clark to younger students by examining and discussing objects the explorers discovered on their adventures.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Meeting of Frontiers: History of Expeditions Lewis & Clark

For Students 9th - 10th
The published version of Lewis and Clark's historic journey is reproduced here from the 1814 version. Page images allow the reader to see what the text originally looked like.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's 1804-1806 expedition. The article discusses the places that were visited during their journey, the significance of the expedition, encounters they had with...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents important information about the Lewis and Clark expedition with 20 interesting facts about this important event that occurred during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The Lewis and Clark expedition helped by Sacagawea traveled...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Cyberhunt Kids: Lewis and Clark Cyber Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What kind of adventures did Lewis and Clark experience on their great expedition? Find out more when you utilize this interactive Internet Cyber Hunt.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Plan the Adventure of a Lifetime With Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This plan is the first lesson in my unit on Lewis and Clark. This is a project-based, hands-on unit in which students "become" part of the Corps of Discovery - the members traveling in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this lesson, the...
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Success Link

Success Link: Lewis and Clark Pamphlet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
After students do research on the Lewis and Clark expedition, they make pamphlets reflecting the important points of what they've learned.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Cross Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Other

Tower 23: The Not So Well Known Adventures of Lewis and Clark

For Students 3rd - 6th
Here are some math problems to solve while learning about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Get across the continent and win a commendation.
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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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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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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: 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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