Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Listed below are possible research or discussion topics, online lesson plans, resources and other materials.  As you look through this list please consider that this series can work for grades 4-12, with an emphasis on 7th grade. Also consider that the series will be used with different purposes for different grade levels. This is by no means a complete list of resources, and we cannot guarantee the life span and quality of the web site addresses.

Research Topics

• Clark's Treaty with the Osage
• Louisiana Purchase
• Thomas Jefferson
• Father Jacques Marquette
• Meriwether Lewis
  William Clark
• Fort Osage
• Osage Chief "Big Soldier"
  George Sibley
• Osage Indians

Resources

• Historic Fort Osage  Contains information about Fort Osage, the military and Osage Indians that lived & worked at the fort, information about the wagon trails, a calendar of events, an old map, and links to other fort and Native American related web sites.
• Missouri Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Website 
• Lewis & Clark - The Missouri Heritage Project
• Lewis and Clark State Park 
• Through Missouri's Lake Area With Zebulon Pike
  
• Zebulon Pike in Missouri

Bibliography

• The Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition 
  Moulton, Gary, editor
  University of Nebraska Press
  Lincoln, Neb.
  1988
• The Genesis of Missouri
  Foley, William E.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1989
• Fort Osage, The Opening of the American West
  Wooldridge, Rhonda
  Independence Press
  Independence, Mo.
  1983
• Undaunted Courage
  Ambrose, Stephen
  Simon & Schuster
  New York, N.Y.
  1996
• Westward with the Dragoons
  Gregg, Kate, editor
  Fulton, Mo.
  1937

Lesson Plans

• “Lewis and Clark”
  Resources and Lesson Plans from PBS: Grade Level:  approximately 7-12.  These materials can be used without student viewing of the PBS series “Lewis and Clark"
• The Constitutional Community's "Lewis and Clark Expedition" Secondary lesson plans relating to the constitution and foreign trade.  This site contains many resourceful links.
• Sharon Sumner’s Missouri History Page
• Lewis & Clark Native American Journey
• Lewis & Clark Group Presentation
• Join the Corps of Discovery with Lewis & Clark
• Lewis & Clark Pamphlet
• Piecing Missouri: an integrated, cross-curricular unit with a primary focus on teaching fractions to fourth grade students--pioneer, genealogy, cooperative groups
• Buckskin: A Rich Resource
• “Fort Osage National Historic Site”  
  History of the fort, with quotes from early writings and information about what it takes to create a living history at such a multicultural setting.
• U.S. Trek:  The Odyssey: “Lewis and Clark”  
• Sea to Shining Sea: A Nation Moves Westward  Contains hundreds of links and lesson plan ideas for teaching about Lewis & Clark and the westward expansion. A must see site for teaching social studies for about grades 7-12.
• Education World's Great Sites for Teaching About Westward Expansion
• National Geographic’s “Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark"

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