Deschutes Public Library

US History in Context
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/uhic.aspx

Student Resources in Context
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/gsrc.aspx

Kids InfoBits
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/onlineresources/gitke.aspx

Jefferson’s West
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/lewis-and-clark-expedition
Explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's perspective and discover why the expedition was so important to him.

Lewis and Clark: A Journey of the Corps of Discovery
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
This PBS Web website is a comprehensive resource about Lewis and Clark's expedition. It includes in-depth historical and biographical information.

Lewis and Clark Expedition and the USGS
http://www.usgs.gov/features/lewisandclark.html
United States Geological Survey presents science and natural history along the trail.

Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/historyculture/the-lewis-and-clark-journey-of-discovery.htm
The National Park Service and the Department of the Interior created this website that explains how Lewis and Clark created maps, what native tribes they encountered and what discoveries they made along the way. The website explains what food, clothes, and medicine the corps needed to take with them and provides a good timeline of the expedition.

Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
National Geographic challenges students to join Lewis and Clark's expedition in this online adventure where students become privates in Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery.

Lewis and Clark
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/lewis_clark/
Scholastic Publishers provide this online activity resource where students may test their packing smarts, and can be a reporter back in the 1800s.

Lewis and Clark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
This National Geographic website provides detailed descriptions of the famous voyage and includes information about plant and animal species and native tribes discovered during the expedition. Students may view maps, which are digitized images of originals drawn by the explorers.

Lewis and Clark Mapping the West
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/
This website not only gives the history of the expedition, but also explains map making skills and what native tribes the Corps met along the way.

Discovering Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org/
This website explains how explorers spent their free time, from holidays to daily entertainment. The website also explains why Thomas Jefferson directed Lewis and Clark to go on this journey and its importance to the Louisiana Purchase. This website uses Flash and Quicktime extensively and is best viewed using a higher speed Internet connection.

Inside the Corps
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html
PBS provides biographies for all the expedition members.

Tribes Discovered Along the Way
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html
Information about each of the native tribes the expedition encountered along their journey.

Journals of Lewis and Clark
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html
The University of Virginia presents digital transcripts for Lewis and Clark's journals. The website is organized by chapter and one can print an .rtf version of the journals.

Daily Journals of Lewis and Clark
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/journal/index.asp
Read "This day in Lewis and Clark history" using journal excerpts.

Plants, Animals and Tribes
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/resources_discoveries_plant.html
National Geographic online presents information on the animals, plants and Tribes discovered during the expedition.