Discovery Corps 1803 Answer in note spiral What do you think Jefferson knew about western lands? What area do you think Jefferson knew the least about? Why? Who, if anyone, had more or different information about those areas? What other countries had interests in North America? What land had they claimed? Why was it important for Jefferson to learn things about this land?
Underneath the Questions Create a list of 8 – 10 things Jefferson might have wanted Lewis & Clark to accomplish As we read, star or highlight any instructions/items that made your list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB1GQRVG9Fc Clip: Lewis and Clark (Song)
Reading Like A Historian
Reading Like A Historian Write it Out Real Concern or hate Jefferson? Federalists were against the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for practical or political reasons because…