{"id":2093,"date":"2009-11-24T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2093"},"modified":"2009-11-24T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T18:39:31","slug":"teaching-us-history-with-childrens-literature-lewis-and-clark-and-me-a-dogs-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/24\/teaching-us-history-with-childrens-literature-lewis-and-clark-and-me-a-dogs-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History with Children&#8217;s Literature:  Lewis and Clark and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/148090471.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"148090471.jpg\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Lewis-and-Clark-and-Me\/Laurie-Myers\/e\/9780805063684\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=lewis+and+clark+and+me\"><strong>Lewis and Clark and Me<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>written\u00a0\u00a0by Laurie Myers and illustrated by Michael Dooling, tells the extraordinary\u00a0account of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark&#8217;s exploration of the Louisiana Territory\u00a0through the eyes of Lewis&#8217;s\u00a0dog Seaman.\u00a0\u00a0Myers based her story on the\u00a0explorers&#8217;\u00a0actual\u00a0written accounts\u00a0and ends each chapter with an appropriate excerpt from Lewis&#8217;s journal.\u00a0 I found\u00a0Seaman&#8217;s &#8220;first-person&#8221; narrative\u00a0 of his adventures extremely engaging.\u00a0 What a great way for a child to learn history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lewis and Clark and Me <\/em>can be used to enhance the study of the\u00a0westward expansion era\u00a0in United States history (VA SOL USI.8) in the fifth-grade classroom.\u00a0 This book\u00a0would be a good way to capture the imagination of the student who finds the usual presentation of history dry and boring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Geographic&#8217;s\u00a0excellent interactive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/lewisandclark\/journey_intro.html\">journey log<\/a> documents each leg of Lewis and Clark&#8217;s expedition through journal entries, photos, drawings and maps.<\/li>\n<li>If you are both a history-lover and a dog-lover, you will enjoy this PBS\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/lewisandclark\/inside\/seaman.html\">description of Seaman&#8217;s journey<\/a>\u00a0with Lewis and Clark\u00a0which is taken from historical accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Lewis and Clark collected\u00a0many new plants, animals, and minerals on their journey and packed them in specimen boxes.\u00a0 Students can <a href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/activities\/Lewis_Clark\/box.htm\">make their own specimen boxes<\/a> and collect nature samples in an activity that provides a good cross-curricular connection with science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Lewis-and-Clark-and-Me\/Laurie-Myers\/e\/9780805063684\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=lewis+and+clark+and+me\"><strong>Lewis and Clark and Me<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor:<\/strong>\u00a0 Laurie Myers<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Michael Dooling<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong>:\u00a0 Henry Holt and Company<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date<\/strong>:\u00a0 August, 2002<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>:\u00a080<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range<\/strong>:\u00a0 K-5<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN-13<\/strong>:\u00a0 9780805063684<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Lewis and Clark and Me, written\u00a0\u00a0by Laurie Myers and illustrated by Michael Dooling, tells the extraordinary\u00a0account of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark&#8217;s exploration of the Louisiana Territory\u00a0through the eyes of Lewis&#8217;s\u00a0dog Seaman.\u00a0\u00a0Myers based her story on the\u00a0explorers&#8217;\u00a0actual\u00a0written accounts\u00a0and ends &hellip; 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