Explore the Journals of Lewis and Clark as they cross Montana

 

Standards 

Content Standard 4—Students demonstrate an understanding of the effects of time, continuity, and change on historical and future perspectives and relationships.

 

1. Interpret the past using a variety of sources (e.g., biographies, documents, diaries, eyewitnesses, interviews, internet, primary source material) and evaluate the credibility of sources used.

2. Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events (e.g., chronology, geography, cause and effect, change, conflict, issues).

3. Use historical facts and concepts and apply methods of inquiry (e.g., primary documents, interviews, comparative accounts, research) to make informed decisions as responsible citizens.

 

Let's get started!

Use google classroom to access the doc.

 

1. Put a check mark on your google doc next to the historical event/date you are researching.

 

 _____A.  April 29, 1805

 _____B.  June 13, 1805

 _____C.  July 1, 1805

 _____D. August 11, 1805

 _____E.  July 27, 1806

 

2. Find the answers to each of the questions below by using the journal entries

 

• Who was involved in this event/date. List specific people and describe thier personality traits. Use facts to support what you say about each person.

 

 

•  Where did this event/date happen? List specific places and their descriptions.

 

 

• What happened in this situation.  List at least 5 facts in the spaces below.

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3. How did this event/date impact the expedition? Discuss its effect on the people and use facts to support what you say.

 

 

 

4. Why was this event/date important to the expedition? Give at least 3 reasons that are supported by the facts above.

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5.  List at least 10 additional facts about the event/date you are researching. Be sure to number these as you go.

 

 

Paragraph Writing Guidelines Directions:

 

In order to help you better understand the factual information you have gathered, you will need to write a paragraph to explain the journal entry in your own words. Follow the steps below to create your paragraph.

 

1. By analyzing your research, create a topic sentence tied to your information to hook your reader/listener’s attention.

 

2. Create the body of your paragraph by writing several sentences that explain (using your own words) what the author(s) said in his(their) journal entry(s). Include facts such as who, what, when, where, why, and how in your sentences.  Make sure to give credit to the individual that wrote the information.   (According to, _(person’s name)__ informs us, based on, etc...)

 

4. At the end of the paragraph, include a sentence that describes how you think the person(s) writing the journal entry(s) felt as he(they) was(were) recording the events.

 

5. The last sentence of your paragraph should reciprocate back to how you think this event affected the attitudes of the people on the expedition and how the expedition was affected by the event. 

 

The final step to this activity is to figuring out the exact location that Lewis and Clark were on the date you selected.  By using the information in the journal entry, search any resources necessary to determine the location of your event/date, you will be expected to point out the location in class on the large Montana map.