“Foldable format. For our Lewis and Clark study Chapter 3 Lesson 2 "American Explorers" Pgs.97 -98 Lewis and Clark Video and Activity" Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-wuurzj/ iven the PBS documentary and an expedition planning activity, students will identify at least three goals, challenges, or accomplishments of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and explain how Native American nations contributed to the journey. Direct Instruction Watch the PBS documentary together. Pause as needed to discuss important events, vocabulary, and people. Have students record the expedition’s goals, challenges, discoveries, and interactions with Native American nations. Guided Practice Discuss the following questions during or after the video: Why was the expedition sent west? What challenges did the explorers face? How did Sacagawea and Native American nations help the expedition? What did the expedition accomplish? Emphasize that Indigenous peoples already lived throughout these lands and had extensive knowledge of the environment. Independent Practice Plan Your Own Expedition: Tell students they are planning an expedition across unfamiliar-to-them territory. In small groups, have students create a plan that includes: Five supplies they would bring and why. Three challenges they might face. Two ways they could learn about the land and its resources. How they would respectfully communicate and build relationships with the Indigenous communities already living there. Groups share their plans and explain which supplies and strategies they believe are most important. Closing "What was the most important factor that helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition succeed?” Continue Lewis and Clark study Pgs. 99-103 Given the textbook reading and the previous day’s Lewis and Clark video, students will identify key details about exploration and record at least two similarities or differences between the reading and video. Direct Instruction Read pages 99–103 together as a class. Pause to discuss important people, events, and vocabulary. Have students take notes on the main ideas and important details from the reading. Guided Practice Discuss the key information from the reading. Review students’ notes from the Lewis and Clark video. Create a class comparison of information found in both sources. Independent Practice Students create a simple Venn diagram comparing the textbook reading with the video. Include at least two details from each source and one similarity, using information from their notes. Closing “What information did you learn from the book that you did not learn from the video?” This is what I have so Far but We are gonna look at the map of their journey and read some other materials etc.”