Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

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

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 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 3: Maps

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

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 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 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 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

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

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