Lewis and Clark Webquest


L&W

 Questions and Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

    While Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to see much of what would become the western United States, those same lands had long been occupied by native peoples. Over the course of the expedition, the Corps of Discovery would come into contact with nearly 50 Native American tribes.


Question

  What were the effects of Native Americans on Lewis and Clark's expedition?

 
Task

  When you have completed gathering your information about the expedition, you and your partner will choose one of the following:

 


Create a poster:
    After learning about the Native American tribes Lewis and Clark met on their expedition, draw or find pictures (copy and paste from internet or other resources) of the Native American tribes, and write captions for each of the drawings.  You should include at least 5-10 tribe pictures and captions.  Be sure to decorate your poster creatively and include a title and your name(s).


Write 3 journal entries:
  Imagine that you are one of the members of the corp. In journal entry 1, you will be explaining about three Native American tribes that you encountered.  In journal entry 2, you need to include one contribution that each Native American tribe made to your expedition. In journal entry 3 you will inform Thomas Jefferson why it was important to meet Sacajewa and other Native Americans during your exploration. Your journal entries need to be bound and placed in a notebook resembling an old fashioned journal.


Design a powerpoint presentation:
    Based on the research you have gathered on the Native American tribes that Lewis and Clark encountered on their expedition, design a 8-12 slide powerpoint presentation describing several of the  tribe(s) and their significant contributions to the expedition.  Your powerpoint needs to include visual(s), like pictures of the tribes and maps of their locations and an explanation of the contribution that they made.  Your final slide should include an explanation of what would have happened if they didn't encounter the Native Americans. Be sure to include a title slide.

 

Process
 

    You and your partner will be on the exploration corps of Lewis and Clark.  As you travel across the Northwest Territory, you will come in contact with many Native American tribes.  Some tribes helped the expedition survive the journey through this unexplored land.
    First, you will need to gather information about the expedition of Lewis and Clark. You need to find tribes that you encountered, their location, any interesting experiences with them, and one contribution of the tribe to your crew.

Resources

  Use the following sites to gather this information:

 
 

Indian Contributions Information Cards 


PBS: Lewis and Clark 


http://www.lewisclark.net/


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclar



http://www.lewisandclark.net


Evaluation

Click here to view the Rubric for this Web Quest.

 

Conclusion
You will be expected to share your project with the class.  Please make sure that you're prepared to discuss your project and answer any questions.  


Introduction | Questions and Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion


Developed by H. Dukhan (dukhanh@d83.org), J. Schaefer (schaefer@d83.org) and A. Tamillo (tamillo@d83.org), December, 2003.