Here's a worksheet to help your class envision the Lewis and Clark expedition. Your young historians read a one-page article on the expedition, use context clues and a dictionary to define eight terms from the article and write a...

Middle schoolers explore the trail followed by Lewis and Clark on their journey across the United States. In this United States History lesson, students complete several activities to establish the Lewis and Clark Expedition, including a...

Students develop their geography skills. In this Lewis and Clark lesson, students collaborate to calculate the time and distance of different segments of the expedition. Students compare their estimate to Lewis and Clark's.

In this Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Great Falls worksheet, students read for information and complete comprehension activities. In this true and false, fill in the bank, and essay worksheet, students write answers to fifteen...

In this Lewis and Clark's winter with the Mandans worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this matching, essay, and multiple choice worksheet, students answer fourteen questions.

Eighth graders experience the Lewis and Clark expedition. In this Corps of Discovery lesson, 8th graders research details regarding the expedition in order to complete a classroom project that requires them to create journals that might...

Learners explore journals. In this Discovering the Journal of Augustus Pelletier lesson plan, students read the historical fiction book and conduct research activities to validate events in the plot that reflect the Lewis and Clark...

Ninth graders examine the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and identify the present day cities, towns, rivers, and regions that are on the route of the expedition. They complete an online WebQuest, recreating the route of the...

Fourth graders research the expedition of Lewis and Clark and the forts they lived in during their journey and the Native Americans they encountered. In pairs they conduct Internet research, complete a WebQuest, and write a research...

Students examine the life of Sacagawea, the exceptional woman chosen to appear on the Golden Dollar, and write journal entries based on their research.

Contains a lesson plan that looks at the relationship between the Corps of Discovery and the Dakota Nation. Includes hyperlinks for supplementary information, links to national standards, and teaching strategies. From PBS.

A great site for a lesson plan looking at the geography of where the Dakota Sioux lived and the impact on their way of life brought about by the Corps of Discovery. Online resources are provided as well as lesson plans, teaching...

A great lesson plan that has your students exploring the interaction between the people of the Corps of Discovery and the Indian tribes they met on their journey to and from the Pacific Ocean. Web site resources, worksheets, and...

See this map drawn by William Clark of where the men from the Corps of Discovery found the whale which the Tillamook Indians told them about. From PBS.

From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.

This activity can be used as an introduction or for a closer study of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Students will learn that the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and...

Learn about the life of Nathaniel Pryor, and American explore who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition and served as a captain in the war of 1812.

This 1902 work is available here from the University of Virginia. It includes illustrations and, according to the author, is taken largely from the accounts written by the explorers themselves.

A look at the life of the Nez Perce and their interaction with the Corps of Discovery.

The amazing story of the meeting between the Lemhi Shoshones and the Corps of Discovery. Read the part Sacagawea played in the success of the encounter. From PBS.

A look at the hostile encounter between the Teton Sioux and the men of the Corps of Discovery on their voyage up the Missouri River in 1804. From PBS.

Read about the encounter the Corps of Discovery had with the Tillamook Indians and a whale. From PBS.

What good hosts the Walla Walla Indians were to the Corps of Discovery. Read about the gifts exchanged and the celebrations held when Lewis, Clark, and their men stopped by for a visit. From PBS.

A look at a little-known tribe, the Wishram Indians, encountered by the Corps of Discovery on their return trip up the Columbia River. Read about the importance of trade networks to the Indians. From PBS.