Lewis & Clark Expedition

The New Nation at the Turn of the Century

Leading up to the Expedition!

*Growth of a Nation (1790 - 2000)

Cool! ~ It's a history movie, interactive map, and timeline. Listen to it as a full movie, as sections, or stop to explore the year, place, or event you want. A larger version is for sale, but this one may be used for free!

Constitution & New Republic

Power Point review of history of the US 1776 - 1800.

The New Nation (1790 - 1828)

Several history articles

Forging a New Nation

Power Point from Holt, Rinhold, and Winston

Politics and the New Nation

Articles from USHistory.org - Section 23

Napoleon - the French Leader

*The Rise & Fall of Napoleon

Webquest with bios, glossary, activities, teacher section, online games and quizzes.

Napoleon

Middle school lesson plan.

Napoleon I of France

Biography

Napoleon

from PBS

Napoleon Timeline

A timeline of his life

Downfall of Napoleon's Empire 1810 - 1814

A Webquest with a Biography, Resources, and Activities

Thomas Jefferson - the American Leader

Jefferson & the New Republic

Several Power Point Presentations on Creating a New Government and The Era of Good Feeling, Teacher & Kids Links

Thomas Jefferson

An online exhibition about President Jefferson from the Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson: A Revolutionary World

Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Influences Around the World

Thomas Jefferson & The West

Jefferson's interest in the west, Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, Concerns about Native Americans and Slavery

Thomas Jefferson

Enchanted Learning - Biography, fill in the blank, printout quiz, timeline, nickel page, Mt. Rushmore

Thomas Jefferson

Mini-Books & President Resources from Homeschool Share

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Information from Liberty's Kids

Jefferson on the Nickel

*Lapbook / Notebook Idea*
For my elementary student I printed out the US Nickel page with Jefferson, and a few of the addition and subtraction with nickels pages which may be folded to make into mini books.
- We also made a matching card game with "Match the Groups of Coins" sheets by cutting out the circles on the sheet, gluing them onto construction paper, and matching the amounts on them. We store them in a pocket in our notebook.

Thomas Jefferson

Who was he? Chronology, Administration, Foreign, Domestic, & Events of his Presidency.

The United States Makes a Colossal Purchase of Extensive Proportions!

The Louisiana Purchase

*Westward Ho Lapbook from Home School Info Zone

*Lapbook* ~ When you join the site (it's free!) you will have access to the lapbooks under 'Files' ~ The lapbook contains mini books for the Louisiana Purchase, the Alamo, the Pony Express, Transcontinental Railroad, '49er's, Animals & Plants of the West, Artist Images, Barrel of Words Vocabulary, Buffalo Bill, Daniel Boone, James Cooper, Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail & Supplies (several minis in this file), Oregon Trail Game, 3 Pecos Bill notebook pages, Sacagawea, Tall Tales, Timeline, and Transportation ~ Totally, totally awesome!

Louisiana Purchase Curriculum Guide

2 lessons with activities and a play, teaching aids, glossary, and pronunciation, and resources.

Louisiana Purchase

Lessons, resources, and power points for teachers and kids.

The Louisiana Purchase

Information & Online Game

Louisiana Purchase

Small info page and map from Enchanted Learning

Louisiana Purchase Lapbook

from Hands of a Child ~ They include all the lesson information necessary plus many wonderful lapbook materials!

Louisiana Purchase

Webquest

Free Lewis & Clark Lapbooking Materials

*Lewis & Clark Lapbook Unit*

Lapbook to Download ~ Pictures, Mini Fact Books & Pocket, Sacagawea, Notebooking Pages for Clark, Lewis, & Sacagawea, Botany, Geography, and Links to some cool things like a Lewis & Clark Bingo Game, Coloring Page, Online Quiz, Crafts, Animal & Plant Study from the Sierra Club ~ Beautiful pages! ~These 2 moms are truly dynamic with their materials and resources! :D

Lewis and Clark and Me

Homeschool Share Lapbook ~ These materials are based around a story of Lewis' equally famous dog, Seaman! In this fictionalized narrative by Seaman, go back to 1803 to travel to the Pacific Ocean with Lewis and Clark! Excerpts of real journals have been included in each chapter.

Lewis & Clark Lapbook

Free lapbook at Homeschool Helper to print out.

Lewis & Clark Lapbook

Pictures and resources of a very nice lapbook.

Lewis & Clark Worksheets

Crossword Puzzles, Word Searches, and Coloring Pages from Fort Mandan.

Lewis & Clark Lesson Ideas & Materials

From Guest Hollow (Our Los Banos) ~ links to online book chapters, Route Maps, Timeline ~
*Lapbook / Notebook* ~ "Who were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and what did they do?" Map, questions, and notebook pages, Lewis & Clark and Jefferson Pages from Crayola, Mountain Men Worksheet

Lewis & Clark: American Explorers

Enchanted Learning also has short to the point information and fun reinforcement activities! We like to make mini books for our lapbook out of their pages. For Lewis & Clark they have: a summary, 3 map activities for their journey, and a cloze quiz activity.
*Lapbook / Notebook Idea* ~ We turned the "Follow the Directions" maps into folded mini books by folding them with the picture on top, and the bottom part folded in half (there should be three sections). The bottom of the direction part may be glued into your notebook or glued onto construction paper then
into the book.

Lewis & Clark Expedition

*Lapbook* ~ we like to shrink these to ½ or ¼ size to put into out lapbooks ~ contains information, comprehension questions, spelling practice, crossword and word search puzzles.

Lewis & Clark Expedition Lapbook

From Hands of a Child ~ They include all the lesson information necessary plus many wonderful lapbook materials!

Adorable Clipart

From artist Mr. Phillip Martin ~ all clipart on this lens are his designs!

Meriwether Lewis, Co-Leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by Charles Willson Peale

Read All About It!!

Be a reporter through an exciting Scholatic News Adventure!

Lewis & Clark

There are four major sections in this interactive journey with Lewis & Clark.
Explorers. Begin by making a 'specimen box', packing for the trip, and preparing to be a reporter in the
early 1800's.

1 ~ The first station is at Monticello, Virginia with the president. Several steps are followed to prepare them for the expedition. "Specimens" are collected along the way to place in their box.

2 ~ The second station is Saint Louis, Missouri where explorers relive the trail in 1803 and then compare it with today. Mr. Jefferson's letters to the corps and the next specimen await them. While listening to Mr. Clark's 3 time great grandson and music of the time, read about the next explorer mission.

3 ~ Fort Mandan, North Dakota is the spot to relive the year 1804. Travel to meet several Native American tribes. Help Clark capture a prairie dog to bring home to the president. Write a news article or a journal entry of the events.

4 ~ Travel the rest of the way to Clatsop, Oregon through several rivers, mountains, and numerous adventures! Help Sacagawea care for her new baby. Collect more specimens and try not to get eaten by a bear! Look around the fort and get to know the Nez Perce better.

A teacher guide suggests gives the background, a book list, graphic organizers, assessment tools, writing assignments, and lesson plans for grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. You can also receive emails from Clark & Lewis, take a quiz with "Mapman", go on a cyberhunt, or visit another time period altogether! Teachers and students will all enjoy this grand expedition!

Go on a Game Expedition!

Lewis & Clark Quiz 1

Games I made online for my children ~ there are 5 different games here: Matching Pairs, Word Shoot, Flashcards, Manic Miner, & Cannonball Fun.

*Lewis & Clark Game / Quiz

Help the Corps of Discovery reach the Pacific Ocean by correctly answering the questions.

*The Lewis & Clark Adventure Game

Travel through the states helping Lewis and Clark in their journey!

*Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark!

Take an fun adventure across the country ...

The Louisiana Purchase Game

Answer questions about this famous purchase.

Lewis & Clark Bingo

Although this is listed as a Bingo Game, we are considering using it as a lapbook mini or flash cards because of the beautiful pictures and information.

Sacagawea

The Guide for the Expedition

Sacagawea Video

Short video from Teacher Tube

Sacagawea: Guide for Lewis & Clark

Small, easy summary at Enchanted Learning

Sacagawea

Biography

Sacagawea: Captive, Indian Interpreter, Great American Legend: Her Life & Death

I had to edit a little bit for my children, but the pictures are beautiful and I found it fascinating reading it from a Native American view.

Sacagawea: A Hero, A Legend, An Interpreter

Information about her life and tribe, lists several primary and secondary sources.

Native Americans Lapbook

A wonderful complete unit and lapbook materials!

Great Research & Information

*Discovering Lewis & Clark*

Main site of the following areas - good stuff!

Overview

Lewis & Clark from the Air - view map and pictures of their journey!
A Western Adventure - A National Epic by Harry Fritz - a step by step tale of the expedition.
Day by Day with Lewis & Clark - Listen to their story with Radio Broadcasts that talk about the Expedition from 1804 - 1806!

The Expedition

Very well explained and detailed maps and notes of the trip - Journal Excerpts

American Nation

Deserts, Flag, Connections, Other Expeditions, Louisiana Purchase, Mackenzie, Jefferson, Peace Medals, Fur Trade

The Corps

Lewis, Clark, Speech, Portraits, Enlisted Men, Journals, Sacagawea, Squads, Anniversaries, Military Profile, Music, Pay Scale, Orders, Uniforms, Hunters & Hunting, and much more!

Geography

Explorer's Map, Beaverhead Rock, Mapping the Unknown, River Length, Mountain Ranges, Northern Lights, Road Hazards, Various Trails

Issues & Values

Bison, Black Gold, Nature, Bears, Tobacco, Trail of Tears, War Monuments, Literature, Etc.

Native Nations

Bear Claw Necklace, Nebraska, Nez Pierce, Fort Mandan Winter, Dogs, Games, Lodge, Salish, Osage, Passing the Hat, Trail of Tears

Natural History

Birds, Dinosaurs, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, Northern Lights, Paleontology, Plants,

Technology

Air Guns, Caches, Camera Obscura, Candle Making & Lantern, Coopers, Celestial Navigation, Chronometer, Dugout Canoe, Fish Weirs, Keelboat - Barge, Guns, Illustrations, Branding Iron, Rifle, Power Keg, Route Survey, Shoshone Comparison, Steelyard, Surveyor's Compass, and others.

More Great Research & Information

Follow in the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark

Articles, Information, and PDF downloads of: The 2 Rivers of Lewis & Clark, About the Expedition, Rivers, Forests, and Prairies, Wilderness Notebooks, Special Places in Lewis & Clark Country, Spectacular Fishing Spots, Adventures Along the Trail, Guide to the Trail, Links to More Resources, Journals, Messages from the Wild, Nature a Day at a Time, Wildlife: Past & Present; Protecting the Lands, Save Wild Places, Species at Risk, Watch "Wild America" Film, "Wally's Woods" Cartoon of Lewis & Clark,. The Nez Perce

Explorers of the Pacific Northwest Education Resource Guide

148 PAGE free PDF download containing lesson plans, activities, worksheets, poems & songs, history, maps, everything for an excellent unit. :) Some of these pages may be used in your *notebook or lapbook*.

Lewis & Clark Curriculum Guide

Great site with very useful information: Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark: Researchers, Images of the West Before Lewis & Clark, The American West Today, and more lessons.

Lewis & Clark

Lesson plans, resources for teachers, kid friendly links to games and activities, power point presentations, and more from Mr. Donn.

Lewis & Clark Materials

Several kid friendly materials for them to explore - a webquest with followup activity suggestions.

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Created by Ken Burns and PBS ~ Sections of the site are:
~ Read a journal of one the explorers (You choose who and when in the search area.)
~ Inside the Corps
~ Native Americans
~ The Archive
~ Unto the Unknown
~ Interactive Trail Map! (Really cool to click on.)
~ Classroom Resources (Middle Level Lesson Plans in the areas of Social Studies, Math, Language Art, & Science)
~ Living History
~ Forum with Ken Burns

Lewis & Clark Unit

From Easy Fun School Lesson Plans

More Webquests!

Internet Research!

The Famous Expedition

Info page about Lewis & Clark for kids ~ Links to other pages.

Discover the Big Sky with Lewis & Clark

Events, For Fun, General Info, Maps, People of the Party, Plants, Animals, Landmarks - Adorable kid drawn pictures. This would be good for younger elementary.

The End of the Trail

Lewis & Clark Expedition ~ Journal Entries, Fort Clapsop, Native Americans (Food, Shelter, Families), Members of the Expedition, Hunting, and Links

Geography & Maps Study

United States Map Puzzle

Click and drag the states to their locations ~ 4 levels of difficulty.

Geography of the United States

A variety of online and print geography and map games.

United States Online Interactive Map

Roll your mouse over the map to see the name of the location.

United States - State Maps

Labeled and unlabeled versions of all states.

United States Maps

Choose from several different types of maps to design personal preferences to these worksheets and maps. Many are available for each state. They are wonderful additions to *notebooks and lapbooks*.