DLV: Fur Trade and Economics
Find out about the economy of the lucrative fur trade and its impact on Indians, French fur traders, and the early settlers of today's middle America.
Live with Lewis from Yankton, SD In Part 1 of this week's Feature Focus learn about the production, marketing and sales of bicentennial merchandise. See samples of the products and learn about the economics of the process.
DLV: Perspectives on the Bicentennial--Economic Impacts
How does one forecast the possible economic impact of a major event coming to your town? How do you determine facilities needed, costs allocated and profits expected? Explore these questions and more as we talk with merchandisers and event planners involved with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration.
Geography
DLV: Power of the Rivers
Investigate the physical and psychological power of the Missisippi River and the creation of locks and dams to try to tame it.
DLV: Map Making and the Expedition
Find out about characteristics of good map making and compare how they were made at the time of the expedition to today.
DLV: Finding Yourself by the Stars
Learn about the use of sextants and octants on the expedition and compare those instruments to the use of GPS today.
Live with Lewis from Omaha, NE
Compare Missouri River topography then and now and investigate the economic and environmental effects of channelization of the river.
Live with Lewis from Yankton, SD
In Part 2 of this week's feature focus, learn about the unique geography and river changes in southeastern South Dakota.
Live with Lewis from Swan Creek, SD
Find out about the geography, topography and wildlife of central South Dakota as well as the positive and negative impacts caused by the creation of the reservoir at Swan Creek.
Live with Lewis from Winter Camp, Part 4
As part of this program's feature focus, take a virtual field trip to the land of North Dakota and eastern Montana. See geographic features and many animals of the area including prairie dogs, mule deer, pronghorn antelope and beavers.
Live with Lewis from James Kipp State Park, MT
Join Scott Mandrell for highlights from the original expedition and his current retracing of the trail between The Pines, Montana and James Kipp State Park. See extensive footage of the Montana countryside, flora and fauna of the area, and the river itself.
Live with Lewis from Fort Benton, MT
See the topography, flora and fauna of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from James Kipp State Park to the Great Falls of the Missouri River. Highights include the beauty of the White Cliffs area in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument.
Live with Lewis from the Gates of the Mountains
The portage is complete and the expedition continues up the Missouri River. Join Scott Mandrell for this week's program, learn about the original expedition, and see footage of the Missouri River today between Great Falls and the Gates of the Mountains.
Live with Lewis from Dillon, MT
See events of the last two weeks on the trail as Scott Mandrell and crew complete their course up the Missouri River and arrive at is headwaters.
Live with Lewis from Darby, MT
View the Lewis and Clark Trail from horseback as Scott Mandrell retraces the original expeditions' route from Salmon, Idaho to Lost Trail Pass.
Live with Lewis from the Lolo Trail
See images of the Clearwater National Forest and learn about the history, environment, and culture of the Lolo Trail area with our guests Chris Jenkins and Doug Gober from the United States Forest Service.
Live with Lewis from Weippe, ID
Meet Molly and Gene Eastman and learn about their work to document the original route of the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Live with Lewis from Hells Gate State Park, ID
The Corps has successfully crossed the Bitterroot Mountains and begun its journey downstream via the Snake and Clearwater to the Columbia River. View the geography of this area as we discuss the retracing of the route and events of the original expedition.
Live with Lewis from St. Helens, OR
Learn about the cultural, historical and physical geography of this area of the Columbia River and the volcano of the same name nearby.
Live with Lewis from Alton, IN
Meet Aubrey Williams who portrays John Shields, the Corps' blacksmith and find out about a early settler of the Alton, Indiana area, Squire Boone.
Live with Lewis from Fort Massac, IL
Take a tour of the magnificent reconstruction of this fort that played a major role in the early U.S. military's role on the frontier.
Live with Lewis from Fort DeChartres, IL
Learn about the French settlers of the area and the role of this outpost in the administration of the French territorial government.
DLV: Clark and York Investigate the complex relationship between these two amazing men before, during, and after the expedition.
DLV: Animals and the Expedition--The Buffalo
We explore the important role the bison played in the life of the American Indian as we see artifacts made from the buffalo and view footage of the bison on the plains.
Live with Lewis from Fort Lincoln, ND
In part of this program, take a virtual field trip to Fort Abraham Lincoln and see the final home of General George Armstrong Custer. Also travel to the Mnadan Slanted Village and learn about Mandan earth lodges.
DLV: Lifestyle of the Plains Indians
Explore the diverse lifestyles of Indians living on the plains at the time of the expedition. Find out about agricultural practices, family structure, housing types, and other important cultural traits both then and now with experts Amy Mossett from the Three Affilitated Tribes of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara and Dakota Goodhouse from the Standing Rock Sioux Lakota Nation as they share artifacts and information about their people.
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology
DLV: Psychology of Explorers
Why do they do it? Investigate the psychological motivations of Lewis, Clark, the Discovery Expedition re-enactors, and explorers now involved in the X Prize Project.
DLV: Ethnography and the Expedition
What does it mean to be an ethnographer? How well did Lewis and Clark fulfill this part of their mission to record their observations about, and collect artifacts from, the Indians they encountered? Take on the role of ethnographer as artifacts are shared by guests from the Ponca, Osage and Chinook nations.
RoundTrips Presents
Across Curriculum with Lewis and Clark
Contents for Social Studies 2 -- Economics, Geography,
Life in Early America, Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology
