{"id":2059,"date":"2009-11-19T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T20:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2059"},"modified":"2009-11-19T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T20:23:36","slug":"teaching-us-history-with-childrens-literature-how-we-crossed-the-west-the-adventures-of-lewis-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/19\/teaching-us-history-with-childrens-literature-how-we-crossed-the-west-the-adventures-of-lewis-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History With Children&#8217;s Literature: How We Crossed the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/images5.jpg\" title=\"images5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/images5.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"images5.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using quotes from the explorers&#8217; journals, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosalynschanzer.com\/LewisandClark.html\">Rosalyn Schanzer<\/a>, writer and illustrator of <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/How-We-Crossed-the-West\/Rosalyn-Schanzer\/e\/9780792267263\">How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis &amp; Clark<\/a>, brings to life the &#8220;hair-raising adventures and narrow escapes&#8221; of Lewis and Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The journal excerpts and illustrations provide students with thrilling and intriguing accounts of the expedition.\u00a0 It can be used as informative piece or expand on it by discussing how the Lewis and Clark expedition impacted America&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On October 24, 1804, we saw one of the Grand Chiefs of the Mandans out hunting.\u00a0 With great cordiality we smoked the pipe.\u00a0 Every day curious men, women, and children flocked down to see us.\u00a0 These are the most friendly Indians inhabiting the Missouri.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bear was so close that the men threw aside their guns and threw them into the river, though the bank was 20 feet high.\u00a0 The animal plunged into the water a few feet behind the second man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nUse this book to discuss the Lewis and Clark expedition, westward expansion, American Indians, geography, and life sciences.\u00a0 Themes in this book correlate with Virginia SOLs USI.1, USI.2, and USI.8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students can play a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/west\/\">Lewis &amp; Clark adventure game<\/a> at this National Geographic site.<\/li>\n<li>Teachers can brush up on their <a href=\"http:\/\/lewis-clark.org\/\">knowledge<\/a> of Lewis &amp; Clark and show students the <a href=\"http:\/\/lewis-clark.org\/content\/content-channel.asp?ChannelID=61\">technology<\/a> used for the expedition.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/lewisandclark\/\">PBS<\/a> has many resources for teachers and students.\u00a0 Use this lesson to prompt your students to write a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/lewisandclark\/class\/l17.html\">historical journal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/How-We-Crossed-the-West\/Rosalyn-Schanzer\/e\/9780792267263\">How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis &amp; Clark<\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor\/ Illustrator:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosalynschanzer.com\/LewisandClark.html\">Rosalyn Schanzer<\/a><strong><br \/>\nPublisher:<\/strong> National Geographic Society<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 1997<br \/>\n<strong>Pages: <\/strong>48 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range: <\/strong>2-6<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 0792267265<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using quotes from the explorers&#8217; journals, Rosalyn Schanzer, writer and illustrator of How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis &amp; Clark, brings to life the &#8220;hair-raising adventures and narrow escapes&#8221; of Lewis and Clark. The journal excerpts and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/19\/teaching-us-history-with-childrens-literature-how-we-crossed-the-west-the-adventures-of-lewis-clark\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,125,229,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-geography","category-history","category-social-studies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}