Lewis and Clark Assignment
Your Name: _____________________
Partner's Name: __________________
Before you begin the assignment, you and your partner need to go to this
websitehttp://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-onlinemovies.php?movie=lewis%20and%20clark and individually watch the interactive video
and complete the quiz. When you are finished you can work together to complete the
questions below.
Answer the following questions using the website
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/index.html
Please visit the link “To Equip an Expedition” for this section
1. Who was the President who sent Lewis and Clark on the expedition?
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2. How much money were they given to spend on the expedition? ______________
3. Many supplies were needed for this expedition. List three examples of the
following kinds of supplies:
a. Mathematical Instruments:_______________________________________
b. Camp Supplies:_______________________________________________
c. Presents for Indians: ___________________________________________
d. Clothing:_____________________________________________________
e. Arms and Ammunition:_________________________________________
f. Medicine and Medical
Supplies:_____________________________________________________
Next, go to this website - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
4. What were the goals of the expedition?
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5. List the important members at the beginning of the journey AND what their main
jobs were: (Hint: for this question click on the link “Meet the Crew”)
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6. In what way was Sacagawea an incredibly valuable to the Corps expedition?
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html
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7. Along the way, Lewis and Clark came upon many new animals. What did they do
with the live prairie dog they captured on the expedition?
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/species/prairiedog.asp
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8. What was the name that they called the prairie dog?
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9. Where and when did the journey officially begin?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html
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10. What did they travel in?
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11. What did Lewis and Clark spend most of their time doing?
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12. Which Indian tribes were the first to council with Lewis and Clark and what were
the gifts given to them? http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/ (August 3, 1804)
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13. What happened on August 20, 1804 and what did the crew do to honor him?
http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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14. What animal did Lewis describe on September 7, 1804 and how did they attempt
to catch one?
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15. Describe the confrontation with the Teton Sioux on September 25, 1804.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_3.html
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16. What did they do during the first winter?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_4.html
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17. What important members joined the crew at Fort Mandan?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_5.html
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18. What did they send back to St. Louis and eventually the President?
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19. What did Lewis discover about the Great Falls and when did he find them?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_9.html
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20. What happened in late July, 1805? http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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21. What would Lewis and Clark need to get across the Continental Divide and where
could they get them?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_10.html
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22. How did the Shoshone Indians help the expedition?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_11.html
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23. What did the men have to eat while in the Bitterroot Mountains?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_12.html
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24. What happened on October 16, 1805? http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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25. What was important about the decision made on November 24, 1805?
http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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26. How did they spend their winter on the Pacific Ocean?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_14.html
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27. What happened on July 26-27, 1806? http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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28. What happened on August 11, 1806?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_20.html
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29. When did the expedition end? How long had it lasted?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_leg_22.html
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30. List 10 animals (fauna), 10 plants (flora), and 10 Indian tribes discovered by the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_discoveries.html
a. Animals:
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b. Plants:
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c. Indian tribes:
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31. Tell what each person gets that completed the expedition in the fall of 1806.
http://www.lewisclark.net/timeline/
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After you finish:
You can go to the following websites to play games:
Go West Across American with Lewis & Clark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/
H.I.P - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/lewisclarkadventure/