Classroom Learning Guides

Lewis and Clark and Beyond

Lewis and Clark were armed with many geographic questions and hypotheses. They were geographic explorers using the geographic inquiry method. Your mission is the same.

Bring the geographic aspects of the expedition and its metaphor of exploration to life in your classroom using the following guides. The guides are in PDF so that you can print and share them. Resources appear in multiple groupings; explore them using the group theme that is described in each guide's opening discussion.

• Terra Incognita: Pre-19th Century Maps and Mapping [PDF-142 KB]
• Lewis and Clark: 19th Century Maps and Mapping [PDF-166 KB]
• 200 Years of Change: 19th–21st Century Maps and Mapping [PDF-187 KB]
• Beyond Lewis and Clark: Being Geographic Explorers [PDF-171 KB]

NOTE: For questions about content of the Web sites and resources listed in the guides, please contact the owner or publisher directly.

For more information, see GIS in Schools: Introduction and Inspiration [PDF-1.03 MB].