This presentation was prepared for Deaf and hard of hearing students in MsAmyLC's social studies classes

1. Sacagawea

2. What Do You Know about Toussaint L'Ouverture?
Who Were Lewis and Clark?
What Do You Know about York and Sacagawea?

5. British land
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
River
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains

6. 1. American farmers need the
port in the city of New Orleans.
3rd United States President
Thomas Jefferson

7. 2. USA must be bigger.
Bigger = Safer

9. *There is no Northwest Passage.

10. President Jefferson, do you
want to buy New Orleans?

11. YES!

12. Thank you, Thomas Jefferson,
for the 15 million dollars.
Take New Orleans plus all of
Louisiana.

13. 1803

14. 1803

15. Years later,
Louisiana became
14 new states.

16. Everybody was curious about
western land.

17. We must learn about Louisiana.
What things are there?
Who are the people in Louisiana?

18. "Make friends of the far Western Indians
while at the same time diverting valuable
pelts."

19. Go west before Spain, Russia and
England try to take more North American
land...

21. ...and give these to Indian people so
they know I am their new Leader.
peace
medals

23. Meriwether Lewis
•Grew up in Virginia near Thomas Jefferson's home.
•Was a soldier.
•President Jefferson's assistant in the White House
•Studied science, drew animals & plants

26. Meriwether Lewis
•Grew up in Virginia near Thomas Jefferson's home.
•Was a soldier.
•President Jefferson's assistant in the White House.
•Studied science, drew animals & plants
William Clark
•Grew up in Virginia.
•Was in the army with Lewis (the commander).
•Friendly personality.
•Excellent map maker.

28. Meriwether Lewis
•Grew up in Virginia near Thomas Jefferson's home
•Was a soldier.
•President Jefferson's assistant in the White House.
•Studied science, drew animals & plants
William Clark
•Grew up in Virginia.
•Was in the army with Lewis (the commander).
•Friendly personality.
•Excellent map maker.
York
•Interpreter
•Native American Indians liked him.
•Enslaved by and grew up with William Clark

29. "Native American Indians
called me ‘Raven’s Son’
because of my color ."
York was able to learn Native American languages and interpret.

31. 8,000 miles
• over two years
• on foot
• by boat on the Missouri River

32. • The group was called the Corps of Discovery.

33. • The group was called the Corps of Discovery.
• 59 people (Only one man died.)

34. • The group was called the Corps of Discovery.
• 59 people (Only one man died.)
• May 14, 1804 – September 1806

37. From St. Louis, Missouri, the Corps of Discovery traveled by boat and
on foot. They traveled about 8,000 miles.

38. The journey was difficult.

39. The journey was difficult. • Men had to pull the boat out of mud many times.

40. The journey was difficult. • Rapids were dangerous.

41. The journey was difficult. • Climbing mountains in snow and ice

42. The journey was difficult. • Mosquitoes, fleas, gnats, leeches

48. Both Lewis and Clark wrote about animals, plants, people and the land in journals.
They drew pictures, wrote descriptions, created maps.

53. They met and wrote about Native Americans.

54. They met and wrote about Native Americans.

55. Native Americans helped and traveled with them.

61. Sacagawea

62. Sacagawea
•She was a young Shoshone woman.

63. Sacagawea
•She was a young Shoshone woman.
•She was kidnapped at age 12.

65. •The kidnappers sold Sacagawea to a French fur trapper,
Charbonneau.

66. •The kidnappers sold Sacagawea to a French fur trapper,
Charbonneau.

67. •The kidnappers sold Sacagawea to a French fur trapper,
Charbonneau.

68. Sacagawea
•She was a young Shoshone woman.
•She was kidnapped at age 12.
•Then, she was sold to a French fur trapper, Charbonneau.
•She became his slave.
•When Clark hired Charbonneau,
Sacagawea came, too.

71. Sacagawea
Sacagawea helped the Corps of Discovery in many ways:
•knew the land

72. Sacagawea
Sacagawea helped the Corps of Discovery in many ways:
•knew the land
•interpreter

73. Sacagawea
Sacagawea helped the Corps of Discovery in many ways:
•knew the land
•interpreter
•found food and horses

74. Sacagawea
Sacagawea helped the Corps of Discovery in many ways:
•knew the land
•interpreter
•found food and horses
•saved journals that fell in the river.

78. After Lewis and Clark explored western land, what happened to America?

79. After Lewis and Clark explored western land, what happened to America?
• Lewis and Clark learned about 40 different Indian nations.
• They wrote about 122 new animals.
• They described 178 new kinds of plants.
• They discovered there is no Northwest Passage.
• America's land grew. Fourteen new states came from Louisiana.
• America's power grew.
• Native American Indian culture was about to end.