Lewis and Clark: Their Journals, Their Maps, and Their Dog
By Kelli Mills and Paige Waggoner
Summer Fellowship 2010
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Lesson 6:
Trading
Purpose:
Underscore the importance of
cooperation from Native Americans and U.S. citizenry.
Explain how men and
equipment were moved after the river portion of the trip concluded.
The teacher will use the
following primary-source documents that detail how the expedition traded with
the locals to procure oxen and horses to move over land.
Teacher will make an
enlarged copy of this letter and will translate it with the class as an
interactive read-aloud. In small
groups, students will discuss how this letter would facilitate trades and
purchases for the members of the expedition.
The locals are described as
lazy and as overcharging the explorers despite the fact that they are on
government business.
This page mentions trading
for horses in the event that the area is not navigable by water.
Refer back to Anchor chart developed in Lesson
3: After reading about trade, fill in anchor chart with
facts as a class.
Assessment: Students will develop an advertisement
offering goods that they would trade to obtain oxen and horses. Students can work in pairs or
individually.
