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Lewis and Clark Reviewed Resources for Students and Teachers |
Americana & American History -
American Revolutionary War - American Colonial Times - General Resources for American History - Historically Important American Documents - Historic American Maps
The Western Expansion
American Western Expansion General Resources - Buffalo Soldiers Black Cavalry - Chinese Arrival in America - Gold & Silver Rushes - Lewis & Clark - Orphan Trains - Overland Trails - Pony Express -
The Great 19th Century
19th Century American General Resources - 19th Century American Industrialization/The Gilded Age - 19th Century American Immigrants - America's Victorian Age
The Civil War
American Civil War General resources
American Civil War Lesson Plans
The Corps of Discovery on the Clearwater River __ ". . . the object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal streams of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river, may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of..." - - With those instructions from President Thomas Jefferson, the expedition was off. You will find a good overview of the expedition. - illustrated - From National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/CorpsOfDiscoveryMain.htm
Discovering Lewis and Clark __ "Conceived in 1993, and online since 1998,
Discovering Lewis & Clark® is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by at
least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multmedia
techniques. It focuses on issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis &
Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time." All I
can say is that this is a grand place to begin your research into Lewis and
Clark. - illustrated - From lewis-clark.org -
http://www.lewis-clark.org/
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark __ Sign on to adventure. Go west
with Lewis and Clark. Then make discoveries, study the maps and answer
questions. - illustrated - From National Geographic -
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
Idaho Public Television - Lewis and Clark __ This is the website to a PBS
documentary of the same name. Use the interactive map to follow the expedition,
then take the multiple choice test. Realplayer required - illustrated - From PBS
- http://idahoptv.org/lc/index.html
The Journals __ Online Lewis and Clark Journals. "Because the journal writers
did not use consistent spelling – the word “mosquito” is spelled in the journals
at least 15 different ways – the journal excerpts are not searchable by keyword.
However, you can search them by author, date and year. Or, if you’d simply like
a good read, you can browse through them in their entirety." - From PBS -
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_jou.html
Lead This Way: Historic Steps of Lewis & Clark __ Follow Lewis and Clark's
historic steps in this interactive adventure where participants must make
difficult decisions that could mean the difference success and failure. -
illustrated - From usaweekend.com -
http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/971102/lewis_and_clark/971102trail_intro.html
Lewis & Clark __ Virtual exhibit from the Smithsonian. - illustrated - From
Smithsonian Institution and EdGate.com, Inc -
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/
Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition __ "This exciting exhibition
will compare the assumptions of Lewis and Clark and the Indian peoples they were
among on such topics as politics and diplomacy, women, geography, animals,
military heroism, language, trade and property, curing and health, and plants.
... These cultural contrasts reveal how the expedition overcame barriers to
communication—or failed to overcome them." A great site to explore on your own.
- illustrated - From lewisandclarkexhibit.org -
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/
Lewis and Clark | PBS __ Companion site to the Ken Burns film, 'Lewis and Clark:
The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.' Information on the explorers, expedition
journals and more. You will find this site jam-packed with information. -
illustrated - From PBS -
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation __ This organization preserves the
Lewis and Clark heritage through research, promotion and publication. You will
find membership information and plans for the future. - illustrated - From Lewis
and Clark Heritage Trail Foundation - http://lewisandclark.org
Lewis and Clark: Table of Contents __ Here you will find 28 chapters of
eyewitness history as you read the journals of Lewis and Clark - From University
of Virginia - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html
Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail __ "These true American heroes faced unknown
people, harsh conditions and unexplored lands to secure a place in history as
two of the world's greatest explorers. One of the expedition's stops along the
way was near present-day Yankton, South Dakota, and the Yankton Area Chamber of
Commerce along with the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan has put together this
site to celebrate Yankton's place in history as well as sites along the rest of
the Lewis and Clark Trail." Good stuff here. - illustrated - from lewisclark.net
- http://www.lewisclark.net/
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