Lewis and Clark: Their Journals, Their Maps, and Their Dog
By Kelli Mills and Paige Waggoner
Summer Fellowship 2010
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Lesson 9:
Maps
Purpose: Students
will see how maps of the United States changed as a result of the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
Students will re-examine
this map introduced in Lesson 2.
Students will re-examine
this map introduced in Lesson 2.
Students will re-examine
this map introduced in Lesson 2.
After looking at these maps
and re-examining their Venn diagrams, students will predict what changes they
might see from maps drawn during and after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
This November, 1803 map,
drawn by members of the expedition shows the confluence of the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers.
A draft
drawn by Lewis, showing the Missouri River valley area.
The final
copy of the draft map above.
After looking at these two maps,
students will discuss what map features are present and what map features would
be helpful to include. (map key, compass rose, etc.) Teachers may use the following map observation
sheets/websites:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/map_analysis_worksheet.pdf
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/map.html
Students can then compare
the draft maps to the finalized maps after the expedition.
French map
of U.S., after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
U.S. map
drawn after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Students will compare the
two maps to a current United States map and discuss which features were
established at that point and any differences that were mapped as better
map-making equipment was developed and boundaries were formally established.
Assessment: For
their newsletter, students will write an article that explains the
transformation of the United States boundaries before, during and after the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
