Lewis and Clark Journal Exploration/ Investigation

Goal: encourage students to explore the journals of Lewis and Clark.

A) Take your own journey with Lewis and Clark: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html

Write an entry for two of your experiences with Lewis and Clark.

 B) Journal entries (1804, 1805): You will need to read entries from both years for your response.

C) Images entries (From the Journals, Maps, People & Places, Plants & Animals): You will need to look through each of the four sections for your response.

You will need to divide your paper into 8 sections.

For each section: describe your entry, explain why you selected it, and create a related drawing.

Extra time?

Read the Lewis Death Link and describe what you think happened to Lewis.  Explain your theory. 

More to explore:  http://lewis-clark.org/

You must label the required parts of each entry (shown by red parentheses) and put a check mark in the box for those that are complete.

Name(s):

L & C Experience 1

(A)Write an entry describing what happened and (B)what could be learned from the experience.

Example: "(A)A bunch of Native Americans ganged up on me-- (B)Don't shoot the Indians. You will die!

(image - unhappy face)




 		L & C Experience 2

(A)Write an entry describing what happened and (B)what could be learned from the experience.

Example: "(A)A bunch of Native Americans ganged up on me-- (B)Don't shoot the Indians. You will die!

(image = unhappy face)		 1804 entry

(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

Example: (A)Dec. 25th/ Christmas-- They were awoken by a gunshot-- the gunshot was for celebration and the smoked a lot of cigars.  (B) I chose this because I wanted to see how they celebrated Christmas.

(C) (image = cannon guy smoking a cigar)		 1805 entry

(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

Example: (A)Dec. 25th/ Christmas-- They were awoken by a gunshot-- the gunshot was for celebration and the smoked a lot of cigars.  (B) I chose this because I wanted to see how they celebrated Christmas.

(C) (image = cannon guy smoking a cigar)
1806 entry


(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

(A) "We came 18 miles & camped at a fork of the river.  We could not determine which was the Missouri.  (B) I liked this because it would be tiring to go for 18 miles.

(C) (image = river and men)

 1 'maps'

(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

(A) I chose this map because it has our sites marked, rivers, mountains.  (B) It would be very beneficial.
(C) (image = map w/ details)		 1 'people and places'

(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

(A) Sacagawea Unidian Toussaint Charboneau, a guide, interpreter.  (B) I picked her because she was very intelligent.

(C) (image = Native American female)		 1 'plant or animal'

(A) Describe your entry.
(B) Explain why you selected it.
(C) Create a related drawing.

(B) I encountered a (A) bear and shot it in the adventure so that I would have something to eat.

(C) (image = a bear)