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"We shall delineate with correctness the great arteries of this great country: those who come after us will extend the ramifications as they become acquainted with them, and fill up the canvas we begin."
~ Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Dunbar, May 25, 1805

Use these lesson plans (created by educators for educators) to explore topics about Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery with your students in your classroom:

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Is there a title (or two) that you always read to (or with) your students when teaching about the topic of Lewis and Clark and discovery? Are there invaluable reference books that you use when working with this theme? Staff from The Library of Congress have generously donated favorite titles for the "Lewis and Clark..." theme. We hope you will contribute your favorite titles to our growing bibliography!

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Create your own collaborative lesson plans using material related to this month's theme assembled from The Learning Page Collection Connections:

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest - (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau.

Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress, The - (Summary and Teaching Resources) The largest collection of original Jefferson documents in the world, the collection includes information about Jefferson

Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873, A - (Summary and Teaching Resources) Records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress through the Forty-second Congress.

Edward S. Curtis - (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection presents the 2226 photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis for his work The North American Indian .Included are images of tribes from Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska.

Map Collections - (Summary and Teaching Resources) Maps of Discovery are included in this huge collection.

These terms may be useful when searching for items related to this theme in the American Memory collections.