Lewis and Clark: The Great Journey West video trailer and resources

National Geographic has released an excellent movie about Lewis and Clark, titled The Great Journey West. To watch the movie trailer, click the link, and look in the left hand sidebar for the words “Preview the Trailer”.

On their site you can view a preview of the movie, find out where to see the movie, download lesson plans, view the Family Activity Guide, and more.

You may also enjoy  National Geographic’s Go West page for interactive games about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by William Lighton

View of Chimney Rock Ogalillalh Sioux Village in Foreground

To read this book, click here.

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Internet archive page

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Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

To listen, click on the chapter titles in this post or click play in the box below.

Lewis and Clark mural by Frank H. Schwarz

01 – Characteristics

02 – The Expedition

03 – Terms of the Commission

04 – The Start

Lewis and Clark expedition

05 – With the Sioux

06 – To the Falls of the Missouri

07 – Over the Continental Divide

Clark's signature written on July 25, 1806 on what is now called Pompey's Pillar National Monument, Montana

08 – The Last Stage of the Westward Journey

09 – Winter on the Coast

10 – Homeward: In the Mountains

11 – Recrossing the Divide

12 – Home

13 – After Life

Lewis and Clark Horizons West

Lewis and Clark mural by Frank H. Schwarz

Click here to see downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used with a study of Lewis and Clark. This link will take you away from My Audio School.

The 13 episodes in this old time radio drama paint a vivid picture of Lewis and Clark’s journey west.

Mr. Jefferson’s Dream

The Confrontation

Dakota Winter

Salmon River Canyon

Into the Unknown

The Great Falls

Indian Encampment Shoshone Village, Albert Bierstadt

Shoshone Country

To the Pacific

Fort on the Columbia

Lewis Clark Expedition map, GNU Free Documentation license

Homeward Bound

Decision at Travelers Rest

Clark and the Horse Thieves

Lewis and the Blackfeet

Down the Missouri to St. Louis

Lewis and Clark River photo by Pfly, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license