Evaluation

Resources to Use!
USING INSPIRE
 * 1) Go to Inspire.net**
 * 2) Click on //Student Research Center//**
 * 3) In the search box, type in //The Lewis and Clark Expedition.// Only include Books & Encyclopedias resources - uncheck the rest. Select //full text// and then press search.**
 * 4) You should have 9 results, all only about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.**

**Print Resources** //**Meriwether Lewis - Boy Explorer**// by Charlotte M. Bebenroth. Copyright 1946 by The Bobb-Merrill Company, Inc. This book is found in the elementary section of the Caston Library. Since it is an elementary resource, it is more fictional than factual. But towards the end of the book, it does start to mix in a bit more facts about Lewis' life. The book takes you an an imagined journey throughout Lewis' life.

//**Will Clark - Boy in Buckskin**// by Katherine E. Wilkie. Copyright 1953 by The Bobb-Merrill Company, Inc. Much like Bebenroth's book about Lewis, this story is an imagined journey through Clark's life, turning more factual at the end.

//**The Louisiana Purchase**// by Winshop and Wallace. Copyright 1903 by the A. Flanagan Company. This book details information about each state that was formed by the Louisiana Purchase, as well as the details of the Louisiana Purchase itself. Please keep in mind that this book is over a hundred years old - some of the information may no longer be accurate.

//**Sacajawea - The Girl Nobody Knows**// by Neta Lohnes Frazier. Copyright 1967 by David McKay Company, Inc. This book details what is known about Sacajawea - it contains much more than most websites will have.

**Internet Resources**
 * Meriwether Lewis Biography** ([]) This website provides information on Lewis' life after the expedition, which other sites lacked. The article isn't all that large, but it provides plenty of information.


 * William Clark Biography** ([]) This is the same type of article as that of Meriwether Lewis', but on Clark.


 * Beyond the Map : Lewis and Clark : Biography** ([]) This is a website that would be better for lower grades to use - it has a smaller amount of information in a more easily understandable format.
 * PBS - THE WEST - William Clark** ([]) Like most sites on Lewis and Clark I found, it is a small article, but still has enough information to be used. PBS is a very trusted resource - The Public Broadcasting Station isn't going to have inaccurate information.


 * PBS - THE WEST - Meriwether Lewis** ([]) The same as the site above.


 * Lewis and Clark. Inside the Corps. The Corps. Seaman.** ([]) One of the few sites that actually discussed Seaman, including the fact that his name was confused for a while. Seaman was a Newfoundland dog, purchased by Meriwether Lewis for twenty dollars before the journey westward.


 * National Geographic: Lewis & Clark** ([]) I loved this website. It includes journey logs, a complete list of supplies, and a timeline of the journey. I did NOT evaluate the resources under the link "More", which led to other sites not affiliated with National Geographic. National Geographic is another very trusted resource.


 * Discovering Lewis & Clark: The Expedition** ([]) This is a complete overview of their journey from start to finish. When you click on "Synopsis", and then the different links on the synopsis page, it explains those parts of the journey in great detail. Any of the other links on the first page give many other resources about each leg of their journey and other pieces of background information.This is great - if you're writing a paper about the Lewis and Clark expedition, this could give you extra information that you normally wouldn't find anywhere else!


 * Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition** ([]) This website has the full text of the journals of the expedition. It also provides images, selected Native American perspectives on parts of the expedition, and includes full-text searchability. It's so cool to be able to read exactly what Lewis and Clark wrote when they were exploring the Louisiana Purchase - going where no one had gone before.

**PBS - THE WEST - The Lewis and Clark Expedition (**[] ) Provides a map of the route Lewis and Clark took while exploring the Louisiana Purchase.

**An Uncharted Land** ([] ) Shows two separate maps - the first one is what was known of the United States before Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase, while the second shows the route Lewis and Clark took from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Fort Clatsop, Oregon. It's really neat to be able to see just how much land was added to the United States by the Louisiana Purchase.
 * Sacajawea - Notable Women Ancestors** ([]) One notable thing about this site is it goes into detail about the two possible theories of Sacajawea's death, whi﻿ le most only state one or just brush over the possibility of more than one story of her death. The rest of the information is a little bit generic, but it's great to be able to hear both possible explanations of her death.


 * Sacajawea** ([]) Basically Sacajawea's life story. This website has TONS of information, though it is told in story format. Some of the assumed information (especially on her childhood) should not be quoted as completely accurate. This not only provides information on Sacajawea, but also about the Native American way of life.


 * Sacajawea** ([]) Includes details about Sacajawea during the journey that I didn't see anywhere else. A lot of websites will just repeat the same information over and over again, and it's great to be able to find that extra bit that you've never seen before.


 * Louisiana Purchase** ([]) This website is the main one I kept for actual information about the Louisiana Purchase. It starts in 1763 with the end of the French and Indian wars and ends in 1803 with the transfer ceremony in New Orleans.


 * Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase** ([]) This site doesn't give much information about the Louisiana Purchase itself, but it explores the reasons why it was such a difficult decision for President Jefferson to make. That was something that I had never heard of before - Jefferson felt that he was compromising his morals with the Louisiana Purchase!


 * Our Documents - Louisiana Purchase Treaty** ([]) I included this so students could get a look at the actual document of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. It's always really neat to be able to see an original document, even though it's not in person.


 * Gateway Arch Riverfront - Gatewtay Arch Facts** ([]) It's actually difficult to find information about the Gateway Arch. This has a small collection of facts about the Arch, some of which I didn't see anywhere else. Once again, finding facts that no one else might have is always a bonus.


 * The St. Louis Gateway Arch** ([]) This is the site where I found the most information about the Arch. It includes a brief history of the construction of the Arch, its transportation system, and a breakdown of the design. I've been up inside the St. Louis Arch, and it's incredible even to just get to learn about how it was out together, and how it works.

Don't use these!!

 * Biography of Lewis and Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1803 - 1806** ([]) You have to do a lot of hunting through links to find any information. The information you do find is very generic and could be found anywhere.


 * Louisiana Purchase** ([]) Again, all this information can be found elsewhere. It's broken up with lots of pitcures, sometimes in the middle of sentences. It also has information towards the end that's irrelevent to the Louisiana Purchase.


 * THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE** ([]) Very little information. The site doesn't seem that trustworthy, more like something someone just slapped together when they were bored. My computer blocked a pop-up when I opened the site, and I don't doubt that it was a pop-up ad.


 * Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail** ([]) Again, all the information can be found in better websites. The interactive maps, the site's main attraction, do not work.