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Classroom Activity #19
Lewis and Clark also sketched a game piece that the Indians used.
Another popular game that Indians played was similar to darts. They
took corncobs and attached feathers to the wide end. Then took wild
grapevines and rolled them into a hoop. As they threw and rolled
the hoop along the ground, children would try to throw the corn
cob darts through the hoop. Have students gather materials from
home to make and play this game.
Classroom
Activity #20
Critical Thinking Have students discuss the following:
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•Why did Napoleon agree
to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
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| •Why did Jefferson believe
the Louisiana Purchase provided the opportunity for an Empire
of Liberty? |
| •Why did Senator Samuel
White of Delaware refer to the Louisiana Purchase as "the greatest
curse that could befall us?" |
| •What were the advantages
and disadvantages of doubling the territorial holdings of the
United States? |
| •Why is the Lewis and Clark
expedition considered one of the most successful scientific
explorations in U.S. history? |
| •How did the Lewis and Clark
Expedition contribute to friendly relations with Native Americans
in the region? |
| •What were its long-term
effects? |
| •How did it affect Native
Americans? |
Classroom Activity #21
Timeline—Have students make a timeline and present their timelines
to their class. Include the following dates and events:
| 1764 Founding of St. Louis |
| 1771 Patrick Gass born |
| 1776 U.S. Independence |
| 1803 Louisiana Purchase |
| 1804-06 Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| 1807 Gass' journal published |
| 1807 Lewis became governor of the Louisiana
Territory |
| 1807 Clark became superintendent of
Indian Affairs for the Louisiana Territory |
| War of 1812 |
| 1822-1840 American period of the Western
fur trade |
| 1840-1860 Oregon and California Trails |
| 1861-1865 Civil War |
| 1869 First Transcontinental Railroad
completed |
| 1872 Yellowstone National Park established |
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