^{RESEARCH in World Book Online :} Lewis and Clark --

Important Information for Your U.S. History Class Next Year

Go to

afjh.alpineschools.org, Resources, World Book Online

(If you are not at school when you are doing this, the user ID is “alpinedistrict” and the password is “student.”)

Select “Student.”

Search for Lewis and Clark.

Select the article  “Clark, William.”

1. When was William Clark born?   (5^th paragraph) __Aug. 1, 1770________

Go back to Search Results.

Select “Lewis, Meriwether.”

2. When was Meriwether Lewis born?  See the last paragraph of the article. ___Aug. 18, 1774___

Go back to Search Results.

Select Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Scroll down to “Planning the Expedition.”

Find these answers in the third paragraph.

3. Who chose Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition?  _Thomas Jefferson ____

4. Who selected William Clark? ______Meriwether Lewis____

Toward the end of the article, you will find a subheading “Results of the Expedition.”

5. What was the most important result of the Lewis and Clark expedition? 
_______It enabled the United States to claim the Oregon region.  ____________

6. How many new types of plants did they find?   __180 plants____

7.  How many new species of animals did they find? __125 animals__

Scroll to the bottom of the article.

8. Who is the author (also called Contributor) of this article? ___Gary E. Moulton, Ph.D.,____

9. What makes him an expert (gives him AUTHORITY) to write this article? 

__Ph.D., Thomas C. Sorensen Professor Emeritus of History, University of Nebraska____

Return to the top of the article, and select the tab for Related Information.

Click on the website for Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

Click on “Learn about the Park” – in the left margin of the page.

Click on “Photos and Multimedia.”

Click on the first photo to enlarge it, and use the arrows to look through all twelve photos of sites along the Lewis and Clark Trail.

10. Which of these places would you most like to visit?  Beaverhead Rock, Fort Clatsop, Great Falls of the Missouri River, Indian Post Office, Lolo Trail, Earth lodge at Knife River NHS,  Missouri River in Omaha, NE, Spirit Mound,  Three Forks from Lewis Lookout,  Sgt. Floyd Monument, Sioux City, IA,  Looking east up the Columbia River from the north,,  Mt. Hood,  Hat Rock State Park

11. Why? ___________________

Switching to a different subject, go back to http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home

Look on the right side of the page for Featured Videos.

Select the video for “Valley of the Kings in Egypt.”

Watch it to learn more information related to your study of King Tut in How They Croaked!

12. What else is the Valley of the Kings called?  _Valley of the Tombs of the Kings ____