The Geographer
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Your job as the Geographer is to become the team's expert on the actual route of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

TASK  1
 


You will need to create a map of important stops along the route.
Your map must include the date the area was reached.

 

TASK  2 


In your journal, describe each area marked on the map.
Whenever possible use a quotation from the book, Sacajawea,
or the Journals as part of your description.
Write about specific challenges that the geography posed for the travelers.

 

TASK  3
 


Make a comparison chart for five locations mentioned in the book,
comparing what the area was like then to what it is like today.

 

Resources:

Interactive Map

Journals

Discovering Lewis and Clark

Great Falls

Continental Divide

The Pacific and Back

 

 

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Citations:

"Fork in the River",  "The Continental Divide", and "From Shore to Shore."  The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
     Online video.  United Learning, 1992.  United Learning.  2 July 2003.
     <http://wmht.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm>.

“Surveyor’s transit.”  Online image.  American Artifacts.  2 July 2003.            http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/survey/queen.htm>.

 

“Woodland background.” 2003.  Online image. Roxy’s Renditions. 2 July 2003.

          < http://autumnweb.com/Roxys/Seasons-Nature/4natWoodedWaterfallGrfx.html>.