Lewis+and+Clark

1. My topic is on Lewis and Clark and their expedition 2. What I already know... 3. **What I want to know (research questions):** 4. **My research strategy: Who?** I'll ask Mrs Horn and Ms. Brem for help in locating information. I could ask Ms. Brolan. Or I could ask the public librarian. "The Louisianna Purchase"
 * **Who?** Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery
 * **What?** The trip west to discover the rest of America
 * **Where?** The mysterious west
 * **When?** Lewis and Clark were on their journey begining on Augest 13, 1803 and returned on September 23, 1805
 * **Why?** The reason Lewis and Clark made their famous journey was to explore the unknownn land west of the Mississippi River.
 * **How?** They Corps of Discovery travled on rivers and by land, they built keelboats and pirogues for their travel on rivers, and rode horseback and walk the route on land.
 * **Who?** What kind of people did Lewis and Clark travel with. For example, were there any women? If there were, were they married to Lewis or Clark?
 * **What?** What were the animals that travled with them on their trip? What did they eat, and did they help hunt?
 * **Where?** Where would the pregnant women go? Where did they bury dead people?
 * **When?** When did they meet up with Sacagawea?
 * **Why?** Why did Lewis and Clark not have a better form of transportation?
 * **How?** How did they know where to go? How did they not just go south??
 * **How did this impact the class topic or vice versa?** This was one of the most important things that happened in early American expantion because it opened up many trails and showed that there is really another world out there that was previously unknown!
 * What?** Expert website, databases, encyclopedias, books, textbook.
 * Where?** The CTMS and public library, on any other computer for online resources.
 * How?** I'll use my thesis statement and research questions to figure out what to look for and what to take notes on.
 * Key words for searching:** "Lewis and Clerk" "The Lewis and Clark Expedition" "Westward Expantion" "Thomas Jefferson"

Lewis and Clark paved the way of westward expantion for many American settlers which encouraged the massas to move west. Before anyone could go anywhere, someone had to get information about the unknown land. American's needed to know where they are going to be settling. That is where Lewis and Clark came in. President Thomas Jefferson assigned two men to lead the expedition discovering the west.
 * Lewis and Clark and their imact on westward expantion.**

"Jefferson dreamed of a United States that would someday stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to encompass all that lay between its current western boundary-the Mississippi River-and the distant, mighty Pacific Ocean." (Orr) Jefferson's thoughts were big and hard to accomplish. "Jefferson chose an army officer, Meriwether Lewis, to lead the expedition. Like the President, Lewis was from Virginia, and he had been Jefferson's private secretary until 1803. The two men got along well together. Jefferson trusted Lewis to carry out the his instructions to the letter." (Twist) "The choice of co-leader was left to Lewis. He approached another Virginian, William Clark, who was an old friend from the army. Clark was a few years older than Lewis and had considerable experience dealing with Native Americans. Lewis and Clark made a good team." (Twist) "Along with Lewis and Clark went the Corps of Discovery. William Clark wrote the list of who was signed up to be in the Corps of Discovery. Many people were in it and helped Lewis and Clark on their journey. For example; Patrick Gass was a skilled artist who helped document drawings of the wildlife." (Orr) The Corps of Discovery was a big help to Lewis and Clark. They helped with knowledge, fighting, drawing and some with the geography of the land. Everyone contibuted in some way and together they set off on the Lewis and Clark Expedition."

"The Lewis and Clark Expedition faced several problems and one of the biggest being hunger. Luckily for them thought, there were native Americans living everywhere who were able to help them; one of the most well known being Sacagawea." (Gale) "Sacagawea was very young when she went on the trip with Lewis and Clark. She really showed leadership and kindness. Also, compasion and caring for others. She saved important things and lead Lewis and Clark through many obstacles. She is an important U.S. figure." (Santella) Sacagawea played an importand part in American history. Without her expedition leading, Lewis and Clark probably wouldn't have known where to go, but with her expertice, they were able to find their way to the Pacific and she was able to find her way into American history. "On Lewis and Clark's journey west, they met with many Native Americans. While with each tribe, they gathered and recorded valuable informantion about their way of life." (Twist) "While Jefferson knew that for much of the journey he and his travelers would be out of touch, the president thought Indians and fur traders might carry small messages back to him. A life-long fascination for gadgets and secret codes led Jefferson to present Lewis with this key-word cipher. Lewis was instructed to "communicate to us, at seasonable intervals, a copy of your journal, notes & observations, of every kind, putting into cipher whatever might do injury if betrayed." The scheme was never used but the sample message reveals much about Jefferson's expectations for the expedition." (Exhibition) "In 1800, the lands of the American West were a great mystery to most Americans. They knew the land beyond the Mississippi River was rich with valuable resources, such as animal furs. They also knew the land stretched for thousnds of miles to the Pacific Ocean. Beyond that, they could only guess." (Santella) Americans did not have really any information about the west that really helped them to know what was there. They knew there were valuable things, but that was it. (Santella) No one knew what was in those lands. No one knew who lived there, or what animals romed there, or even what the climate was like. So, Jefferson decided that was going to change. He sent Lewis and Clark and they opened up the west for masses of people to move there and start a living.

Lewis and Clark were the reason there is a west. The Louisiana Purchase was barren, open land that no one really had control of. However, after their exploration and documentation of what they discovered, America gained the knowledge of what was in the land and who was in the land. As a result of this, masses of people moved west!

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you did a very good job. it was well written and fun to read! :)

I agree with everything Sarah said. I would grade myself the same way she did.