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Ideas for using this trunk with different ages and youth groups.
This trunk provides many interesting lessons and hands-on activities
on the topics of Lewis and Clark in Kansas, the Corps of Discovery expedition,
explorers, westward expansion, natural history, and multicultural studies.
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From the trunk
 William
Clark journal entry about the Clatsop Indians.
About 12 o'clock Indians came down in a canoe, the wind very high from the S.W., with most tremendous waves breaking with great violence against the shores. Rain falling in torrents, we are all wet as usual.Those people left us and crossed the river (which is about 5 miles wide at this place) through the highest waves I ever saw a small vessels ride. Those Indians are certainly the best canoe navigators I ever saw." November 11, 1805
 William
Clark writes about the Kansa Indians.
"This River recves its name from a nation
which dwells at this time on its banks.they formerly liveid on
the South banks of the Missouries [river].in an open & butiful
plain and were verry noumerous at the time the French first Settled
the Illinois.This nation is now out in the plains hunting the
Buffalow." June 28, 1804
 Meriwether
Lewis writes about the buffalo herds they saw.
"These last animals [the buffalo] are now so numerous that from an eminence we discovered more than we had ever seen before, at one time; and if it be not impossible to calculate the moving multitude, which darkened the whole plains, we are convinced that twenty thousand would be no exaggerated number." August 29, 1806
 Meriwether
Lewis journal entry about the Shoshone Indians.
"On our arrival at their encampment on the river in a handsome level and fertile bottom.they introduced us to a lodge made of willow brush and an old leather lodge, which had been prepared for our reception." August 13, 1805
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Trunk Specifications
Weight: 32 lbs.
Dimensions: 24" x 20" x 13"
Insure for $500 when shipping
Contents of Teachers's Manual
Available online in downloadable PDF files. Kansas
Kaleidoscope is available for purchase.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
List of Trunk Contents
Lesson
1: Kansas Kaleidoscope
- Worksheet: "Reading" Historical Images
- Worksheet: Reading Comprehension
- Worksheet: Compare and Contrast
- Worksheet: Lewis and Clark Acrostic Poem
- Kansas Kaleidoscope: "Lewis and Clark in Kansas: 1804 - 2004 Bicentennial" issue
Lesson 2: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark
- Lesson plan
- Timeline: Explorers in Kansas
- Worksheet: Lewis and Clark in Kansas
- Handout: William Clark's Journal
- Worksheet: William Clark's Journal Worksheet
- Worksheet: Journal Notes
- Read It! card: Lewis and Clark Explore Kansas
Lesson 3: Explorers in Kansas
- Lesson plan
- Worksheet: Ask the Explorer
- Worksheet: Which Way Did They Go?
- Explorer's Journal, Francisco Coronado
- Explorer's Journal, Captains Lewis and Clark
- Explorer's Journal, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike
- Explorer's Journal, Major Stephen Long
- Read It! card: Coronado Explores Kansas
- Read It! card: Lewis and Clark Explore Kansas
- Read It! card: Zebulon Pike Explores Kansas
- Read It! card: Stephen Long Explores Kansas
Lesson 4: Lewis & Clark Among the Indians
- Lesson plan
- Teacher information: Lewis & Clark Among the Indians
- Cultural Comparison Cards Matrix
- Worksheet: Lewis and Clark Among the ____________
Lesson 5: The First Independence Day in Kansas
- Lesson plan
- Teacher information: The First Independence Day in Kansas
- Teacher information: Flag Etiquette Activity
- Teacher information: Flag Folding Instructions
- Booklet: Flag Facts
Lesson 6: "Great Numbers of Buffalow"
- Lesson plan
- Teacher information: Calculating the Demise of the Buffalo
- Teacher information: The Buffalo: A Valuable Resource
- Worksheet: Buffalo Populations: Then and Now
Lesson 7: Collecting with Lewis and Clark
- Lesson plan
- Teacher information: Collecting with Lewis and Clark
- Items Sent With the Keelboat in the Spring of 1905
The Kansas Historical Society developed The
Corps of Discovery traveling resource trunk with major funding
provided by the Kansas Lewis and Clark in Kansas Bicentennial Commission.
Funding for the Read Kansas! cards was provided
by the United States Army Center of Military History Army Historical
Foundation.
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