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Click on the number to go to the Station with the link to the Internet site.

FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF LEWIS AND CLARK

1 CAMP DUBOIS

(now called Camp Wood—this is where the men trained and got ready for the trip)

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html

1. The men who were permanent members of the Corps of Discovery were hand picked for what abilities and skills?

2. Click on Meriwether Lewis’s name to answer this question: What qualifications did Meriwether Lewis have to lead the journey?

3. Click on William Clark’s name. Why do you suppose William Clark was chosen as co-captain of the expedition?

4. Click on John Ordway’s name. What role did John Ordway have on the expedition?

2. SACAGAWEA

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/interactive_index_flash.html?2_03_01

Sacagawea was one of the best-known women of the world in her time. Click on the above link for an interactive site about her.

a. Click on the following questions to read about Sacagawea and her life:

1) What was Sacagawea’s role during the expedition? (after reading, click on CLOSE)

2) What was she like? (Click on Transcript to read about her, then click on CLOSE to go back)

3) What information does native oral tradition supply? (Click on VIDEO to listen and then click CLOSE to go back)

4) When did she die? (Click on Transcript to read, and then CLOSE)

b. After you have read the information, write two or three sentences describing what you learned about her.

4 SEAMAN

www.lewisandclark.com/facts/factssmn.html

Meriwether Lewis purchased a dog , named Seaman, and the dog made the journey with the expedition.

a. What breed of dog was Seaman?

b. Do you think he had a good name for this journey? Why or why not?

c. What is one of the ways the dog helped the men?

5. JEFFERSON COMMISSIONED THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY

On Jan. 18, 1803 President T. Jefferson sent a special message to Congress about a proposed expedition. Go to the site below to read about it and answer the questions below.

http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/lewisclark.htm

a. How much money did Jefferson ask Congress to fund the expedition?

b. What were the 3 main goals of the expedition?

c. What were 3 of the achievements of the edpedition (be specific)?

6 THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK

Go to this website :

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/4_1_0_supportingdocs/4_1_8_1/read_L1_jefferson_inst.pdf

Scroll down to Paragraph 13 to answer these questions.

After reading the paragraph with President Jefferson’s direction to Lewis and Clark with respect to the Indians, look at the definitions of the words used in the paragraph, and paraphrase what Jefferson said. Include these items when you paraphrase:

1. How did he tell them to behave?

2. What were they to tell the tribes?

Using the book The Journals of Lewis and Clark:

Clark recorded many questions he want to pose to the Indians he met along his journey. Those questions

were divided into 8 different categories.

Find the section in the front of the journal “Clark’s Questions Concerning Indians of the West”

Choose 2 different categories of questions. Read them and then:

a. For each category, describe two of the questions he wanted to ask.

b. Identify any unusual spelling of words or words for which you don’t know the meaning. What do you think those terms mean?

c. How would you feel being asked these questions?

7 PURCHASES FOR THE EXPEDITION

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/lewis-landc.html

Listed on this page are a few of the objects taken on the expedition.

READ about the following items Lewis and Clark took with them:

Ø Blunderbuss

Ø Pipe tomahawk

Ø Jefferson Peace Medal

For each of the items, describe the following:

A. What was it?

B. What was its purpose on the expedition?

C. How many were taken?

9 MISSOURI RIVER

Lewis and Clark would not recognize the Missouri River today as the same river they traveled on.

http://www.dnr.mo.gov/water-trail/riverhistory.htm

Click on The Missouri River on the blue bar at the top

a. Read in the section “The River of Lewis and Clark” to answer this question: What were President Thomas Jefferson’s instructions to Meriwether Lewis with regard to the Missouri River?

b. In the Section “The Era of Western Expansion”, read and answer: why was the Missouri River an obvious path for expansion westward?

c. Was it a safe river to navigate?

d. In the Section “The River of Today,” read and answer: What has happened to the river of today to substantially change it from the river Lewis and Clark traveled?

12. MAPPING ON THE TRAIL

http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/mapping_on_trail.html

Go to the above site and answer these questions:

a. What is a compass traverse map?

b. How were latitude and longitude determined?

c. How were distances determined?

13 MAP SKILLS

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar321480&st=lewis+and+clark+map&em=lr004190

(if you can’t get to this site, go to World Book Student under Subscription Resources on the library page)

Look at a map of Lewis and Clark’s route (link is above) and compare the route to a modern map of the U.S.

a. What rivers did they go down?

b. What mountain ranges did they cross?

c. What modern day states did they go through?

Use an atlas, or try these sites:

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/ (states)

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/trailadventures/discoverrivers.htm (rivers)

http://www.lewisandclark.com/tourismguide/index.html (Interactive map)

16 MEDICAL CARE ON THE EXPEDITION

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/medical.htm

Lewis and Clark and the men of the expedition needed to have some type of medical care on this expedition. Read the selection and then answer these questions.

a. Who trained Lewis in the medical field? (2^nd paragraph)

b. How long did that training last? (1^st paragraph)

c. What methods did Lewis learn from Rush? (3^rd paragraph)

d. In Bush’s Rules for Preserving Good Health what theories does he give about the following things (5^th paragraph):

§ Flannel, use of

§ how to use spirits

§ washing your feet each morning with cold water?

e. How many men died on the trip? (paragraph 6)

f. What was the cost of medical supplies taken on the trip? (paragraph 6)

g. What are “Thunderclappers” and what was the purpose of taking one or more of them? (paragraph 7)

14 ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR

PRIMARY SOURCE

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/4_1_0_supportingdocs/4_1_1_2/read_L4_grizzly.pdf

Read about Lewis’ first encounter with a grizzly bear. Then answer the following questions:

a. What was the attitude of the Indians toward the bear and why did they hold those beliefs?

b. How did the Indians attempt to kill the bear and why did they choose this method?

c. How many shots had the grizzly taken before he was killed by Lewis?

d. What were the dimensions of this bear?

e. What do you think Lewis meant by his last statement in this reading?

17 FORK IN THE MISSOURI RIVER

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/journey.htm

Start reading the 7^th paragraph and answer these questions:

Lewis and Clark reached a fork in the Missouri River that the Indians had not mentioned. They did not know which river to follow to the Rocky Mountains.

a. Why did they need to pick the correct fork in the river to follow?

e. How did they decide which river to follow?

Read the 8^th paragraph and answer these questions:

f. When they discovered the falls, what problem did they encounter?

g. What does it mean to have canoes portaged?

20 CAMP FORTUNATE

http://lewisandclark.mt.gov/sites.asp?IDNumber=15

Click on #15 Camp Fortunate Outlook

a. Read the account of their encounter with the Indians. As Lewis waited for Clark to arrive, what did he have to hand over to the Indians to convince them he and his men were not allies of an enemy tribe laying a trap?

b. How did the camp get the name “Camp Fortunate”?

21 Traveller’s Rest

The Lewis and Clark expedition camped at the Traveller’s Rest site two times on their journey: in September 1805, and June 1806.

http://montanahistoricalsociety.org/lewisandclark/css/trail/default.asp#travelers\

Click on Traveller’s Rest to answer these questions:

READ the information at this site to answer these questions.

a. What was President Jefferson’s charge to Lewis and Clark regarding the legend of Prince Madoc?

b. What did this have to do with the Traveler’s Rest area?

19 CONTINENTAL DIVIDE

On August 12 the group climbed to the top of the Continental Divide, where they hoped to see the headwaters of the Columbia River close enough to let them carry their canoes and go downstream toward the Pacific Ocean. Instead they saw mountains stretching endlessly into the distance. The water route Jefferson had sent them to find did not exist.

From the Burneson library homepage, click on Subscription Resources.

Go to

World Book for Kids.

On the search line, type in Continental Divide.

From the search results, choose the Rocky Moutains article to answer the questions below:

a. Exactly what is the Continental Divide? (What is it and where is it)?

Write your answer in words and then do (b)

b. Mark the Continental Divide on your map using a brown colored pencil. Label it.

23 NEZ PERCE INDIANS

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/nez.html

The Nez Perce Indians lived on the Plains west of the Rocky Mountains. Read about them and answer the following questions:

a. What were the Nez Perce skilled at, and for what did they fish? (paragraph 1)

b. The Nez Perce were at a disadvantage to some of the Indians living near them. Why? (paragraph 2)

c. When they wanted to hunt buffalo, where did they have to go to find them? (paragraph 3)

d. There were several goods traded back and forth among the expedition and the Nez Perce. Fill in the blanks below.

1) The Corps traded goods in return for ____________ from the Indians. (paragraph 8)

2) The Nez Perce would allow the U.S. to establish trading posts in their region if the U.S.

provided what? ______________________ (paragraph 9)

3) The Nez Perce gave the Corps food. What did they get in return________________________________________________? (paragraph 10)

24 CHINOOK INDIANS

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/chi.html

The Chinook Indians were located close to the Pacific Ocean. Read the description of them and answer the following questions:

a. The Chinook Indians were known for being especially talented in certain areas. What were they? (paragraph 1)

b. What were the physical characteristics of the Chinook Indians? (paragraph 2)

c. What problems developed between the Chinook Indians and the expedition? (paragraph 5)

d. How did the problem influence the expedition’s decision of where to spend the winter of 1805-1806? (paragraph 6)

e. What angered Clark about both the Chinooks and the Clatsop Indians? (paragraph 7)

25 FORT CLATSOP

The Saga of Lewis and Clark

Read the section about the fort called “A Coastal Winter” on pages 172 and 173 and answer these questions:

a. Describe Fort Clatsop.

b. Was the winter the expedition spent at Fort Clatsop an easy one? Explain.

c. The men had planned to stay at Fort Clatsop until April. Why did they leave in early March?

d. What did Lewis do to obtain a canoe that was totally out of character for him?

26 BLACKFOOT INDIANS

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/bla.html

This site describes an encounter with the Blackfoot Indians as the expedition started home. Read it and tell the following:

a. What had the Blackfoot Indians traded with the white man? (paragraph 2)

b. What did they say Jefferson wanted to do among the Indian tribes? (paragraph 3)

c. Which tribes were the enemies of the Blackfoot Indians, and what was the U.S. government going to give these enemies? (paragraph 3)

d. Why did this upset the Blackfoot Indians? (paragraph 4)

e. What did the Blackfoot Indians do that night? (paragraph 4)

f. What was the result of this encounter? (paragraph 4)

27

PRIMARY SOURCE

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/4_1_0_supportingdocs/4_1_7_1/read_L4_charbonneau_letter.pdf

Clark developed a great deal of respect for Charbonneau, Sacagawea and their child. Read his letter of August 20, 1806 to Charbonneau and answer the following question:

a. There were two offers he made to Charbonneau.

§ What was the offer he made regarding Charbonneau’s son? (lines 10 & 11)

§ What did he offer if Charbonneau wanted to live with the white people? (lines 13 & 14)

28 SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/encounters.htm

This site describes the expedition’s scientific achievements. After reading the selection, answer the following questions:

a. How many Plant species did Lewis and Clark describe?

b. How many mammals, fish, birds and reptiles did they describe?

c. What animal especially fascinated Lewis and Clark, and why did they find it so fascinating? (paragraph 2)

d. What did they expect to encounter with respect to mountains and what did they actually find? (paragraph 3)

29 Louisiana Purchase

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/history/lapurchase.htm

a. Look at the online map, and on your map shade in the area, using a light colored pencil, that became part of the U.S. because of the Louisiana Purchase. Label the shaded area “Louisiana Purchase”.

b. Why did President Jefferson want the Louisiana Territory?

c. How many square miles did the United States gain with the purchase?

31. Words to Explore

Missouri	keelboat	journal	expedition	'Gates of the Rocky Mountains'	Native Americans
Thomas Jefferson	explorers	York	Sacajawea	prairie dog	elk
mosquitoes	Columbia	Louisiana Territory	pirogue	Camp Wood River	war axe
plants	portage	Three Forks (MT)	Corps of Discovery	Blackfeet	historical maps
grizzly bear	buffalo	fork (river)	Dugout canoe	'Great Falls' of the Missouri	salt-making
rapids	Pacific Ocean	maps	whale	Lolo Trail	Bitterroot Mountains
horses	Shoshone	'northwest passage'	William Clark	Fort Clatsop	prairies
Meriwether Lewis	Seaman	France	Rocky Mountains	Charbonneau	alkali
cartographer	Yellowstone River	Teton Sioux	Nez Perce	white cliffs	Mandan

40. Enchanted Learning with Lewis and Clark

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml

a. Take the worksheet beside the computer; read the information at this site, and fill in the

Blanks (cloze activity). Staple the sheet to your map.