Keepers of the Story, Stewards of the Trail SM
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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.
Our curriculum is now available online in PDF format. A printed guide is available now for a small fee. Email info@lewisandclark.org or contact our office staff.
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
Introductory Material (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
Language Arts (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
Social Studies (PDF)
Unit 3: Maps
Navigating Across the Continent
Reading Maps (Old and New)
Where Have We Been?
Build-A-Map
Content Knowledge Standards
Maps (PDF)
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
Human Behavior (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
Life Skills (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
Native American Cultures (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
Visual Arts and Music (PDF)
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
Natural Science (PDF)
Appendices
All 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