UCDS Corps of Discovery presents Journeys in Time: Lewis and Clark

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Week 1: Journeys
Week 2: Joining the Corps
Week 3: Along the Missouri

Week 4: Letter Home
Week 5: Fort Mandan
Week 6: Crossing the Rockies

Week 7: Fall of 1805
Fort Clatsop & the Pacific Ocean

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Week 4 (3/22/99): Letter Home

Question of the Week:

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Time: any time between the departure from Council Bluff in August, 1804 to the arrival to Washburn, North Dakota on October 25, 1804.

Some of you have now been away from your home for nearly a year. For this entry, write a letter in your journal to your family or friends.

  • Tell them of your journey thus far.
  • How do you feel? How is your health?
  • Who have you met?
  • How did your group handle the death of Sergent Floyd? Include a memory you have of a time you spent with Floyd.
  • What have you discovered?
  • What have you seen on the Northern Great Plains?
  • How are you preparing for winter?

Our Thoughts about the Question of the Week:

Lewis & Clark site design: Bethany Mitchell (Technology Specialist), Jacie Sytsma (4-5 teacher)

Student Designers: Alex, Anneka, Brendan, Colin, Emmy, Fiona, Matthew, Phillip, Ted and Zack

With contributions from all 3rd, 4th & 5th grade teachers and students.