Lesson Plan for 6th-7th Grades: A Journey with Lewis and Clark

I have created an example of a wiki on my blog. Please click the link below for the example to be utilized with the lesson plan.

Wiki Example Link created on my blog.

Introduction

Students will focus on the challenges faced by Lewis and Clark and their crew and the path they followed.  Also, included in this session will be the saga’s effect on American history.  This curriculum will emphasize reading comprehension, writing, and map skills.

Target Audience

All of the activities (links, map, and worksheet) are geared towards Grades 6th-7th grade History (Integrated Technology) Class.

In this curriculum, students will learn how different the United States looked and was mapped in the early 1800’s.  They will discover how it took the Corps of Discovery (Corps of Discovery) to travel thousands of miles experiencing lands, rivers and peoples that no Americans ever had before.  The challenge for students is to understand how different travel, communication and land mappings are in their time.

Learning/Training Objectives

The Lewis and Clark web curriculum aims to understand the early geography of the United States and how it was mapped. The significance of the adventurers and their desire to collect plant and animal specimens for science is also addressed. One of the most important aspects of this session is the development of relationships with the American Native Americans.

Students will map the journey of Lewis and Clarks

Students will understand why President Jefferson chose who he did for the journey

Students will understand how the American landscape is different today than in the early 1800s

Students will understand the changes of the lives of Native Americans today

Students will be able to correlate the differences between travel today and how you would prepare for such a journey in the 1800s

Students will understand how different history would be if Lewis and Clark had failed

Materials Needed

PowerPoint presentation and PowerPoint software

Computers with word processing software

Internet Connection

Wiki site to work on and for posting it

Quiz

Printer

Lewis and Clark Worksheet

Instruction Procedure/Learning Procedure/Class Outline and Methods

Curriculum web will take four, 45 minute periods to proceed through along which is all contained in the PowerPoint presentation

Seven, 45 minute periods to create a wiki

Students divided into groups of four to work on Wiki. One student will be the typist but all students will input information. That way the wiki is not overwritten.

Worksheet is worked on in groups of two

In each group of two, the students will map the route

When done with mapping and worksheet, students will write a paragraph on the expedition

Evaluation (rubric, grading criteria, etc.)

Students will be graded on the worksheet which evaluates their thinking skills about exploring new surroundings

Students will be asked to list the hardships of life in the early 1800s

Students will integrate the life of the Native American into their wiki

Students will describe mapping and about the geographical terrain of the early 1800s

Suggested Learning Activities

Create a map of the Lewis and Clark journey

Create a group wiki with links, video, references, and information on the journey

Take quiz after completing PowerPoint webinar

Discuss the journey in groups and incorporate it into their wikis

Week 1 - Introduction to Lewis and Clark - 42+ minute video
Go over PowerPoint presentation on Lewis and Clark with students. This includes everything that will be taught and incorporated into wikis.

Week 2 - Flash Journey Log and Mapping

• Introduction to a wiki

Week 3 - Start Wiki projects
Students will create logins and passwords

Week 4 - Introduce students to placing video into a wiki.

Students will search for appropriate Lewis and Clark videos
Students will learn giving proper credit to video and references

Students will learn about www.tiny.url and https://bitly.com/

Week 5  -
Students will search for interactive journeys of Lewis and Clark to incorporate into their wiki.
Students will learn about President Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and mapping.
Students will search for websites of the states that Lewis and Clark went through

Week 6 -
Students will learn about how the US looked in 1803 as compared to current day

Students will map journey of Lewis and Clark
Students will incorporate all of the information into their wikis.

Week 7 -
Students will learn about Native Americans whom Lewis and Clark met on their journey
Information about Native Americans will be incorporated into their wikis

Week 8 - Finish groups of two handouts and short quiz on lesson                

References

Idaho.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.accessidaho.org/

Lewis and Clark Map. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.businessculturearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/13-lewis-and-clark-map2.jpg

Lewis and Clark Map. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.businessculturearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/13-lewis-and-clark-map2.jpg
Missouri State Website. Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.mo.gov/

Montana's Official State Website. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.mt.gov/National Geographic: Lewis & Clark—Journey Log. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journey_intro.html

Nebraska.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.nebraska.gov/

North Dakota Tourism | Official North Dakota Travel & Tourism Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.ndtourism.com/

South Dakota Tourism – Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse, Badlands National Park, Deadwood, Black Hills. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.travelsd.com/

State of Oregon: State of Oregon. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2013, from http://www.oregon.gov/

Washington State travel | experiencewa.com. (2013, September 24). Retrieved from http://www.experiencewa.com/