World History: 1800-1825
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The New Nation
Lessons about the beginnings of the United States of America
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Napoleon
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Early Industrial Revolution
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Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
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John Marshall and the Supreme Court
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Madison and the War of 1812
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Simon Bolivar
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Monroe and the Missouri Compromise
Lewis and Clark Expedition
*There is so much available for this topic. Please pick and choose what works best for you, or plan to take several days to cover this lesson.
Readings:
- Chapter 11 The New Nation
- Chapters 3-4 Building an Empire
- p.22-43 The Louisiana Purchase From Independence to Lewis and Clark
- Chapters 3-7 The Louisiana Purchase by Christy Steele
- p.4-59 The Lewis & Clark Expedition
- p.8-11 America in the Time of Lewis and Clark
- Chapters 4-6 The Louisiana Purchase by Elizabeth Jaffe
- p.6-8 Going West
Videos:
Amazon Prime:
Activities:
Education.com offers Historical Figure Trading Cards for Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea:
ThoughtCo. offers a webpage of worksheets including a word search, vocabulary matching, crossword puzzle, and coloring pages. We will print a few of these to review our readings and discoveries.
We completed this map activity of the journey, available through Enchanted Learning:
Online Activities:
Learn about the journey:
Explore the Lewis and Clark Artifacts Poster:
Independent Readings:
Explore More:
- Online Reading from National Geographic Kids
- Visit Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Illinois
- Online Map Journal of the expedition
- Complete Pocket 3 of History Pockets: Moving West
- Lewis and Clark activities offered on Education.com
