Lewis+and+Clark

=LEWIS AND CLARK =

Today’s Lesson Dec. 14th

Today you are going to complete the questions by using the web sites provided. For each of the questions you will need to have at least 5 complete sentences. This is a way of giving background information to help you understand the importance of the Louisiana Purchas and why Jefferson felt that it was important for us to spend the money at that time.

Questions to work on use the back of the graphic organizer 1. Why was a journey through uncharted territory so important? [] 2. When and why did Jefferson send a letter to Congress asking for $2,500 dollars? [] 3. Complete the timeline graphic organizer the dates that need to be included are: 1749,1751,1753,1758,1780,1783,1784,1786,1793, You are to summarize each date in a sentence or two.

[] When you have completed this we are going to watch the movie in Brain Pop to try and get a background on Lewis and Clark.