How We Crossed the West |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, diaries and journals
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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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 |
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