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Explaining the Louisiana Purchase and its effects
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Lewis and Clark Worksheets
The Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, Sacagawea and York, early westward expansion, and its effects on Native nations.
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The Louisiana Purchase and the expedition
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Sequencing the main events of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Sequencing the main events of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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People of the journey
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Identifying members of the Lewis and Clark expedition and their roles
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Describing Sacagawea's role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Westward expansion
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Explaining the effects of westward expansion on Native nations
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Sequencing events of early westward expansion
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Writing a narrative journal entry from the point of view of an expedition member
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View all 2 pagesLewis and clark quiz for 5th grade
Reviewing the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark and early westward expansion
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About these lewis and clark and westward expansion worksheets
In 1803 the United States bought France's claim to Louisiana, about doubling the country's size. President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore it. With the help of Sacagawea and many Native nations, the Corps of Discovery reached the Pacific in 1805 and returned in 1806.
These Lewis and Clark worksheets include a Louisiana Purchase reading, an expedition timeline and a put-it-in-order page, a matching page on who was on the journey, a Sacagawea reading, a reading on westward expansion and Native nations, an early westward expansion timeline, a journal writing page and a quiz.
Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.
Standards
C3 D2.His.14.3-5Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.C3 D2.His.1.3-5Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.C3 D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.C3 D2.His.4.3-5Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.C3 D2.Geo.6.3-5Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
How to use them
- Trace the route on a wall map or atlas alongside the timeline.
- Read the Sacagawea passage, then the passage on Native nations, and compare points of view.
- Use the journal page for narrative writing.
- Finish with the westward expansion timeline and the quiz.
Teaching tips
- Name the Native nations who helped the expedition, such as the Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone and Nez Perce.
- York was enslaved by William Clark; the matching page states this plainly.
- The United States bought France's claim to the land, not the land from the nations who lived there.
Questions teachers and parents ask
Who were Lewis and Clark?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery, sent by President Thomas Jefferson in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase and find a route to the Pacific.
How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?
She interpreted with the Shoshone, whose leader was her brother, so the explorers could get horses, and her presence with a baby showed other nations the group was peaceful.
How did westward expansion affect Native nations?
Settlers moved onto Native lands, many treaties were broken, and laws like the Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced nations from their homelands. Native nations resisted and have their own governments today.