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Projects

In the spring of 2002, MOREnet was asked to take a leadership role in the development of the Internet2 K20 Initiative. The mission of the I2 K20 Initiative is to enable the development and use of Internet applications, tools, and content to enhance teaching and learning and in other ways further the mission of elementary, secondary and postsecondary education in the United States.

Lewis & Clark Resources

While many states are gearing up for events from 2003 through 2006, celebrating the Corps of Discovery holds special meaning for Missouri as the state from whence Lewis and Clark departed in 1804 and returned in 1806.

MOREnet's goal is to facilitate the creation of high-quality digital resources for Lewis and Clark materials for classroom use. MOREnet is working together with the eMINTS National Center, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri State Archives, University of Missouri-Columbia's College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Geography, Missouri Historical Society and others to make Lewis and Clark resources unique to Missouri digitally available through the MOREnet network.

Sherry Briedwell's fourth graders in Hallsville, Mo. use resources from the Lewis and Clark Across Missouri website.

Maps

Lewis and Clark Across Missouri Website

This website serves geographical information and maps that are products of the Lewis and Clark Historic Landscape Project that has been conducted at the Geographic Resources Center (GRC), Department of Geography, University of Missouri in partnership with the Missouri State Archives, Office of the Missouri Secretary of State. Specific campsite maps, photo-realistic images of important river landmarks, animated virtual Missouri River travel and an interactive map server offering various layers of geographical data on the Expedition's outward and homeward journeys joined with the natural and cultural history of the Missouri River corridor are offered here.

Mapping Lewis & Clark in Missouri Curriculum

The nation's bicentennial commemoration of Lewis & Clark's expedition officially began with a celebration at Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello in January 2003 and will continue through 2006. Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt expanded his office's support for the bicentennial by announcing an exciting new online resource for educators — the Mapping Lewis & Clark in Missouri Curriculum — available from the State Archives on the Secretary of State's Internet site.

Hallsville, Mo. students join students from other states and Jim Harlan, University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Geography, in an April 4, 2003 videoconference.

Mapping Lewis & Clark in Missouri

• Learning about Mapping from Lewis and Clark (PDF file; 723 KB) is a five-lesson unit constructed to aid fourth graders in exploring the historic landscape and promote an understanding of and appreciation for maps.
• Learning about River Ecosystems from Lewis and Clark (PDF file; 1,148 KB) is designed to teach eighth graders about the changes that rivers undergo over time. The seven lessons in this interactive unit provide students the opportunity to explore and navigate within the historic landscape maps.
• Learning about the Missouri River Project and Lewis and Clark (PDF file; 745 KB) is aimed at secondary students in grades 9-12. In this two-lesson unit, students build a graphic organizer to compare the Missouri River of today to the river on which Lewis and Clark journeyed west.

eThemes

eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes created for educators to use in their classrooms. eThemes is a cooperative project from the eMINTS National Center and the University of Missouri-Columbia's College of Education.

• Lewis and Clark Expedition: York
  These sites contain information on York, William Clark's slave on the Corps of Discovery. York was the first African American to cross what is now the United States from coast to coast. Includes several journal entries which refer to York during the expedition. There is information about a future statue.
  http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001030.shtml (10712 bytes)

• Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea
  Informational sites on Sacagawea and Native American tribes: Flathead, Shoshone, Mandan and Blackfeet. Includes a WebQuest on Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea.
  http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000040.shtml (9785 bytes)

• Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West
  Learn about the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark and their journey that began in Missouri. View the Louisiana Purchase and other documents from that time period. Includes an eMINTS WebQuest on Lewis and Clark as well as a video from the Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage series.
  http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000019.shtml (13404 bytes)

• Missouri River
  These sites are about the Missouri River and its past and present. See maps and photographs of the river as well as animals found in and around it. Includes information on Lewis and Clark, fur traders and transportation. Also covers the issues surrounding the river and its endangered status.
  http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000455.shtml (20744 bytes)

• Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
  Sites focus on the American westward expansion during the 1800s. Includes information about the men, women and children who came to the West. Learn about Kit Carson, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, the Mountain men, gold miners and African Americans of the West. Includes an eMINTS WebQuest on Lewis and Clark.
  http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000248.shtml (13243 bytes)

WebQuests

Many Missouri teachers have adopted the instructional planning model called WebQuests, based on the work of Dr. Bernie Dodge, Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University. WebQuests use World Wide Web resources for inquiry-based instructional activities.

• Go West, Young Man invites elementary students to become one of the members of the Corps of Discovery and present information to President Jefferson from that perspective.
• The Big Muddy Dilemma investigates revitalizing the Missouri River, America's most endangered river, for a project targeted toward middle school students.
• Journey to the Unknown involves high school students in exploring an unknown land, beyond the boundaries of civilization, in the past and in the future.

Finding Missouri: Our History and Heritage video series

This video series, for students and teachers in Missouri's elementary and secondary schools, was funded by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Historical Preservation Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Digitized videos can be accessed online both from eMINTS' website and from DESE's website.

Resources that focus on Lewis & Clark include:

• Gateway West video (10:09 minutes)
• Additional resources from DESE

MOREnet partners for Lewis & Clark remote videoconferencing

On May 16, 2003, MOREnet bridged a videoconference from Frontier Riverfront Park in St. Charles, Mo., the National Park Service and the Cooperating School Districts to provide information on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This pilot tested all the connections and technology necessary for future remote events with The Discovery Expedition's Education Initiative.

The May 16 broadcast from the banks of the Missouri River in St. Charles, Mo., included commentary by videoconference moderator Tim Gore, educational coordinator at Wydown Middle School in Clayton, Mo.; speakers from the National Park Service in Omaha, Neb.; Merriwether Lewis portrayed by Scott Mandrell from the Missouri History Museum; students from the Wydown Middle School/Clayton, Mo. School District; and Western Hills Elementary School students in Omaha, Neb.

Read more about this event and other planned activities.

"An estimated twenty-five million travelers will camp/drive/bike/paddle/ride/walk in the explorers' footsteps" during the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial celebration, according to the National Bicentennial Council.