The American Legacy Curriculum Guide

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The American Legacy: The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Curriculum and Resource Guide for Middle and Junior High Schools grades 5–9
by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, 2001

Introductory Material

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Using This Guide
  • Content Knowledge Standards
  • Youth Achievement Award
  • Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.
  • Evaluation Form
  • Setting the Scene
  • President Jefferson’s Letter of Instructions
Introduction (pdf)

Unit 1. Language Arts

  • In Your Own Words
  • “Writing In Clover”
  • Making the Connections
  • Life is a Stage: A Play in Three Acts
  • “Reporting Live From …”
  • Was Something Lost in the Translation?
  • Lingua Franca
  • Talking With Your Hands
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 1 (pdf)

Unit 2. Social Studies

  • An American Legacy
  • Consider the Source
  • Its About Time
  • Ordinary People
  • 15 Stars and 15 Stripes
  • Imagining the West
  • By Water and By Land
  • See You At the Fair
  • Two Sides of the Coin
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 2 (pdf)

Unit 3: Maps

  • Navigating Across the Continent
  • Reading Maps (Old and New)
  • Where Have We Been?
  • Build-A-Map
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Open Unit 3

4. Human Behavior

  • Young Man Meets World
  • On Being Different
  • Narrow Escape
  • Crime and Punishment
  • Men In High Spirits
  • Special Days: A Play in Five Acts
  • Fun and Games
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 4 (pdf)

Unit 5. Life Skills

  • Wellness and Frontier First Aid
  • Basics of Survival
    • Food
      • What’s For Dinner? Please Pass the Salt
    • Clothing
      • The Shirt On My Back
      • Many Miles In My Moccasins
    • Shelter
      • Tent Shreds and Pieces
      • Three Forts
  • The Right Person for the Job
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 5 (pdf)

Unit 6. Native American Cultures

  • Not So Long Ago
  • Encounters With Strangers
  • Make Yourself Acquainted
  • Ask Mr./Ms. Manners
  • Games, Sports and Amusements
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 6 (pdf)

Unit 7. Visual Arts and Music

  • For Want of An Artist
  • Descriptive Words
  • Picture This …
  • Jeffersonian Music and Dance
  • Music of the People, For the People, By the People
  • Play It Again, Pierre
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 7 (pdf)

Unit 8. Natural Science

  • Other Objects Worthy of Notice Soundscapes
  • Once Abundant – Now Threatened, Endangered or Extinct Well Traveled Plants
  • Gee, I’m A Tree
  • Content Knowledge Standards
Unit 8 (pdf)

Appendices

Appendices (pdf)

A. Background for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • The Expedition: Making Ready
  • Supply List
  • Map of Westward Route of the Expedition
  • Timeline for the Expedition
  • Map of Eastbound Route of the Expedition
  • The Expedition: Putting Away

B. People of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • President
  • Co-Leaders
  • Slave
  • Sergeants
  • Privates and Corporal
  • Interpreters
  • Indian Woman and Child
  • Engagés

C. States & District of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

  • Map of the Lewis and Clark Trail States
  • Eleven States of the Lewis and Clark Trail
  • Map of the Other States and District Associated With the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Other States and District Associated With the Lewis and Clark Expedition

D. Interdisciplinary Study and Assessment Materials

  • Puzzle
  • Questions Students Ask
  • Study Questions
  • Assessment Questions

E. Bibliography

  • General Background
  • Lewis and Clark Trail
  • Journals of the Expedition
  • People Associated With the Expedition
  • Native American Cultures Relevant to the Expedition
  • Natural History and Scientific Aspects of the Expedition
  • Works of Fiction Based on the Expedition

F. Resource List

  • Sources for Replica Items and other Resource Materials