Twenty-five years ago, the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation developed a cross-curricula guide for middle school educators. Our goal was to create an easy-to-use curriculum guide that was both historically accurate and culturally respectful. Today, we offer educators an updated version of that curriculum guide, with new lesson plans and resources, new student activities for learners of all ages, and a stronger multicultural perspective.
We thank our generous donors, Philip and Sandy Barney, as well as Lisa Prins, our editor and designer of this curriculum guide.—Barb Kubik, Education and Scholarship Committee Chair
Preparation
- “Writing in Clover” | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- In Your Own Words
- Visualizing the Past: Big Bend, Great Falls, and Winter 1805-1806 | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- Lost in the Translation | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- Lingua Franca
- An American Legacy
- Virtual Field Trips on the Trail
- Jefferson’s Letter of Instruction
- Consider the Source | Team Game (PPTM)
- Reading Maps | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- On Being Different
- First Aid on the Frontier
- The Right Person for the Job
- The Tribal Landscape of the Lewis and Clark Trail
Through Challenges and Discoveries, We Proceeded On
- The Corps of Discovery Journals Comic Strips | How to Create a Comic Strip (PPTX)
- It’s About Time Illustrated Timeline
- Social Media Profiles
- Native American Flag Analysis
- Missed Stories
- Transportation on the Trail | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- Navigating Across the Continent
- Mapping America’s Journey Exploring Historical and Geographical Transformations Alone in the Wilderness
- Captain Lewis and Private Windsor’s Narrow Escape | Teacher Slides (PPTX)
- Humor on the Trail
- What’s for Dinner?
- Please Pass the Salt
- Clothes On My Back
- Many Miles in These Moccasins
- Tent Shreds and Pieces
- Three Forts
- Giving and Receiving Gifts
- Understanding Ethnography
- Understanding Cross-Cultural Interactions
- Play Games
- Visually Documenting the Corps of Discovery Through Multiple Lens
- Descriptive Words
- The Role of Music in the Jefferson Era and the Corps of Discovery
- The Modern Playlist of the Corps of Discovery
- Understanding the Scientific Objectives and Contributions
- Plant Press Portfolio