1770-1838

In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and 33 adventurers to explore the vast land west of the Mississippi River that he had purchased from France. This play tells the journey of these brave explorers.

"Examines the Lewis and Clark Expedition by discussing the causes leading up to it and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation as well as the people and places involved"--.

Dramatizes the Lewis and Clark expedition, telling the story from four perspectives: those of the two famous explorers; their young Shoshone interpreter, Sacagawea; and her husband, fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau.

Join Lewis and Clark on their exciting expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

Lewis and Clark were commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean and although they never found a water route they successfully documented information about the new lands.

This entertaining book follows the travels of Americans Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, explorers of the American West.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were the two figures at the heart of the Corps of Discovery. Students will learn how these two men first met and how they came to be tasked with this expedition.

The diaries of the famous explorers are juxtaposed with the adventures of two modern children whose experiences on the way to the beach are strangely similar.

Recreates the epic journeys of some of the most intrepid explorers in history - Lewis & Clark, Alexander von Humboldt, and Ernest Shackleton.

Examines the lives of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the two men picked by President Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition into the unexplored lands west of the Mississippi River in search of a waterway through North America, discusses how the men prepared for the journey, and considers the historical importance of their efforts.