Lewis and Clark Fun Homeschool Unit Study and Lapbook

Lewis and Clark Homeschool Unit Study and Lapbook – {1804 to 1806}

Studying about Lewis and Clark has been one of the best ways to study American History. Begin with this mission statement by Thomas Jefferson below.

The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river & such principal stream of it, as, by it’s course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean…may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent for the purpose of commerce.

Words by President Thomas Jefferson, June, 1803.

There is probably no more famous words for explorers Lewis and Clark than those penned by President Thomas Jefferson.

This lapbook was made with letter size file folder that was turned landscape.

Lewis and Clark Free Lapbook

Covers (Note: Also look down at coloring pages for front covers)

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Also, add in this fun and quick project from Home School in the Woods, one of my favorite hands-on providers.

The study of Lewis and Clark can have so many topics. You could easily replace any of these minibooks with the plants and animals fact books on the Westward Ho page.

The animals on the Westward Ho page are the same ones that Lewis and Clark “sketched” and wrote about. 

Also, add in some nature projects for your unit study. Look at these Think Outside Boxes which instills a love of the outdoors in children and provide them with knowledge and skills to improve their confidence and appreciation of the natural world. (From their site.)

                   

Flora and Fauna

When we covered Westward Ho as a co-op we covered more of the animals then that were “discovered” by the Corp of Discovery.

There were so many animals and plants we wanted to explore them with our co-op setting. So if you do this topic with a co-op, the animals and plants really lend themselves nice to a group setting.

If not, you can simply add a flap to this lapbook and add in the Louisiana Purchase on this page and the animals and plants on the Westward Ho page.

In addition, some of the girls in our co-op elevated Sacagawea to almost the “Leader” of the Corp of Discovery…LOL. So we added another matchbook minibook on Sacagawea that too can be substituted if they want to do research on her.

Louisiana Purchase

Notebook Pages

Free Lewis and Clark Coloring Pages Subscriber Freebies

Next, your kids will love these Lewis and Clark coloring pages to add to their lapbook or notebook. The pages are a subscriber freebie. I value your loyalty in following me.

That means when you sign up to follow me, you get access to my Exclusive Subscriber’s Only Library which has these coloring pages in the library.

This is how you get access to these pages quickly.
► 1) Sign up on my list.
► 2) Go to your inbox and confirm your email from the automatic reply I sent you.
►3) Look for the automatic reply giving you the password to the private subscriber’s area. You should have it soon.

Next add some living books from Beautiful Feet to compliment this unit study and study about Early American History.

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Other Links

Other Free Material and Resources.

• Be sure to visit Pamela’s HubPages site about Lewis and Clark. Thanks Pamela!
• Printable coloring pages of Sacagawea Supercoloring, Supercoloring with Lewis and Clark,
• How to make an easy flatboat and Nez Perce flat bag.

Sites about the trail, animals and plants.

Too, this Lewis and Clark lapbook and unit study is a great time to add in so much life science whether it’s the flora or fauna. Look at these wonderful kits from Home Science Tools.

In addition, this is a fun time to start a rock collection to learn more earth science. This fun kit by Home Science Tools is a winner.

The Sierra Club does a beautiful job on Lewis and Clark. They have keeping it will, then and now, on the trail and the photos of the animals are just beautiful. In addition there is a 50 page pdf download that you could almost just use by itself as a study guide. Many of the facts on the animals from the Westward Ho lapbook came from this reference.

• Sierra Club  50 page download on animals.
• Bingo Game – very nice bingo game with pictures of animals, plants and landmarks.

Other Notebooking pages

• Crayola Even though this page on the journey westward is a coloring page, we have used it for a notebook page.