The Mapping of US History:  The Jefferson Era

This layer of our map has students mapping out items from Thomas Jefferson's foreign and domestic policy. Students will understand the importance of the Mississippi River by mapping the route western farmers took to get their crops to eastern markets. This reinforces the need for Jefferson to acquire the Louisiana Purchase, which students will map and include Lewis & Clark's route west. Last, the attack on the Chesapeake is included to display how that led to the Embargo of 1807.

Lewis & Clark  Google Earth  Voyage

This is an interactive guided tour of Lewis & Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Territory. This must be access from a teacher device, so it's the perfect resource to introduce their journey west and discuss all of their encounters along the way.

Louisiana Purchase & Westward Expansion Resources

While the Lewis and Clark Expedition focuses solely on the encounters of the explorers, the Story of Us: Westward takes a more global approach to put all the major events of the first half of the 1800s into perspective. It includes exploration of the Purchase, pioneers and immigrants moving west, the Texas Revolution and eventual statehood and the Mexican-American War.

America Expands West

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Trade Chromebooks for iPads one day to experience VR using Google Expeditions.
Go to the Google Expeditions app on your iPad, choose Be a Guide, and download the America Expands West lesson. Students will open the app and choose to Be an Explorer. When your iPad and every student iPad is on the same iPad, you will be able to lead and question students through the lesson.