Lewis and Clark:

1. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Merriwether Lewis and William Clark to search for a navigable passage to the Pacific Ocean through the recently purchased Louisiana Territory. The group ended their successful journey at the site where Adèle and Simon are pictured playing on the beach. See the link below to learn more about Lewis and Clark and their explorations. Be sure to click in the gray box on the right of the page to "Follow in Their Footsteps." Continue to follow their journey by clicking on the link at the bottom of each page. A map and beautiful photographs of the area are included throughout the description of the journey:
   
   www.parks.wa.gov/lewisandclark/lcinterpctr.asp
2. Investigate the helpful partnership between members of the Lewis and Clark expedition and Native American groups. Sacagawea, a Shoshone Indian woman, actually traveled with the explorers and helped them peacefully navigate through Native American lands. Learn more about Sacagawea at the following link:
   
   www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheOthers/Civilians/Sacagawea.htm

Standards: NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills; NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions; NSS-G.K-12.4 Human Systems; NSS-G.K-12.5 Environment and Society; NSS-G.K-12.6 Uses of Geography; NSS-USH.K-4.3 The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage