Lewis+and+Clark+Expedition+Unit+Lesson

Pearl Friedman, Class 1-201 · Examine the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition · Describe animals seen along the route Day 2: Create a web with the students of the animals encountered along the way. || || Day 2: Students will be selected to come up to the Smart Board and answer the question: What animals did Lewis & Clark see on the expedition? Students will drag the correct answers onto the green meadow. ||
 * Unit of Study ** : __Lewis & Clark Expedition__
 * Title of Minilesson Day 1: **__ Who went on the Expedition? __
 * Title of Minilesson Day 2: **__ What animals did Lewis & Clark discover? __
 * Objective: **
 * **__ Connection __** : We have been reading about how the United States had just purchased the Louisiana Territory. President Thomas Jefferson was curious to find out about the new land, and an easy route to the Pacific Ocean. Today we will read about the explorers that the president sent, and about their discoveries. ||
 * **__ Teaching __** : Day 1: After reading from Exploring the West, (Pearson Learning – Core Knowledge – History & Geography) page 10 and 11, create a web with the students of the people and things that were taken along on the expedition.
 * **__ Active Engagement __** : Students return to their seats to draw a picture and write a sentence from the class generated web.
 * **__Share__**: 2-3 children share from their independent writing. ||
 * **__ Link: __** Use Smart Board notebook activity to assess student grasp of the information taught. Day 1: Students will be selected to come up to the Smart Board and answer the question: Who went on the expedition? Students will drag the correct answers into the canoe on the screen.