Educational Activities
1. Map the trails of the Corps of Discovery. Which of the present states did they pass through?
2. What were the boundaries of the United States at the time of Lewis and Clark’s expedition?
3. Who was the President of the United States who commissioned the Corps of Discovery? Why would he have wanted them to discover a water route to the Pacific?
4. Why would having a woman and child present reassure tribes that might have been hostile to the Corps of Discovery?
5. Why do you think Sacagawea was captured by another Indian tribe?
6. List some reasons why Sacagawea might have decided to continue the journey with Lewis and Clark rather than stay with her people.
7. Research Toussaint Charbonneau and find out what happened to him after leaving Ft. Manuel.
8. Where was Ft. Mandan? Why did the Corps of Discovery choose to winter there?
9. Who was Ft. Manuel named after? Why was it abandoned?
10. Write a story in Sacagawea’s voice about her decision to let Baptiste stay in St. Louis with Clark.
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