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Exploring cross-age tutoring activities with Lewis and Clark
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, cross-age tutoring gives high school students the opportunity to guide elementary students (in grades 3-5) to a deeper understanding of the adventures of Lewis and Clark. Students use the book How We Crossed the West... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 and 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Lewis and Clark: Building a Lasting Legacy
In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will discuss the significant contributions made by Native Americans and other team members during the Lewis and Clark expedition. Students will draw or make a diorama that focuses on the geographic perspective of... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
Provided by: Xpeditions
Lewis and Clark: Same place, different perspectives
In this lesson, students will write about several encounters between the Lewis and Clark expedition and various Native American groups from the viewpoint of an expedition member or one of the Native Americans. Students can see the large-format film Lewis... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Social Studies)
Provided by: Xpeditions
Lewis and Clark: Why Explore the Vast Unknown?
In this Xpeditions lesson about the Lewis and Clark expedition, students will interpret a map of the West as it was known at the time, learn what President Thomas Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to accomplish, and explain why the expedition was important... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)
Provided by: Xpeditions
Lewis and Clark: Facing challenges—real and imagined
In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will consider how they perceive geographic features and obstacles, and how the Lewis and Clark expedition members might have done so. The mental maps of expedition members could not prepare them for what lay ahead;... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Information Skills and Social Studies)
Provided by: Xpeditions