Book Detail

How We Crossed the West

Publication Information
Author:  Schanzer, Rosalyn Illustrator:  Schanzer, Rosalyn
Title:  How We Crossed the West Date:  1997
Publisher:  National Geographic Society City:  Washington, D. C.
ISBN, paperback:  0-7922-3738-2 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, diaries and journals

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
Colorful illustrations, maps, and journal excerpts invite the reader to accompany Lewis and Clark on their expedition across the plains and the Pacific Northwest in 1804.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers will want to supplement this book with My Name Is York, Streams to the River, River to the Sea, and Indians in Winter as well as the web sites below. Students may find it interesting to generalize about the whole expedition from the parts of the journals that are given. Whether following the original journey or imagining it today by car, students will find opportunity for map and math activities. Students may want to discuss or write about how literacy skills played a part in the successful expedition, e.g. bilingual interpreters, journal records, sign language, or maps. web sites: www.lewisclark.net/, www.lewisandclark.org/, www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_TRAIL/LEWIS&CLARK.HTM

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > Native American
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Pacific Northwest
bullet History > time period > 19th Century
bullet History > topic > political expansion > exploration
bullet History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Midwestern United States
bullet History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Lewis and Clark
bullet Geography > U.S. states/regions > Nebraska
bullet Geography > U.S. states/regions > Oregon


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