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Keywords: primary sources
Subject(s): Social Skills, Technology, Geography, Special Needs, Information Skills, Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Science, Speech and Language, History
Grades 3 through 8
School: R Louis Stevenson Elem School, San Francisco, CA
Planned By: Kay Hones
Original Author: Kay Hones, San Francisco
Digital primary resources for all students to investigate and interpret
NYT Learning Network World Explorers Lesson
Web based maps Calisphere Local History Mapped

Focus Project: LOUIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION May 1804-November 1805
Second only to the American Revolution in impact on U.S. "Most well managed expedition in written history" and they took a different route back (7,689 miles)!

Group Discussion: Use technology as a tool but not assume that technology is the answer.


Student primary source websites:
American Memory
NARA
Primary Sources
Map Websites (Geography focus)

Group Activities: Primary Source Analysis Sheet, Books and Word Wall
Materials: Whiteboards, Flip Video, Power, Keyboards, Ports and Hubs, LCD Monitors