Corps of Discovery Mini-Project (Google Slides) 

Today you will work individually or with a partner to research four members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. You will be assigned four members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to research. You will gather information about your expedition members, and then create a Google Slide Presentation to share with the class. This slide presentation should be approximately five slides (If you need to make a second slide for each expedition member, you may). Some of you may get the opportunity to share your slide presentation with the class. Please share the following information about your person from your research. 

1)      Name

2)      Personal information before the trip (when born, where are they from, job before expedition)

3)      Reasons chosen for the trip (Job, why were they chosen, etc.)

4)      Interesting facts or stories (on the trip, after the trip, etc)

5)      Personal information after the trip (family, job, death, etc)

6)      Pictures (illustrate each slide with relevant pictures)

Google Slide Presentation 

Use the following guidelines when creating your Google Slide Presentation: 

Slide 1- Title Slide

Slide 2- Member 1

Slide 3- Member 2

Slide 4- Member 3

Slide 5- Member 4 

CORPS OF DISCOVERY MINI-PROJECT HANDOUT 

Places to begin:

PBS The Corps - On the right side of this page are links to all of the members of the Corps of Discovery

Lewis and Clark Trail - Many of the members can be researched on this list.

Corps of Discovery/ United States Army - Another good starting point.

​www.lewis-clark.org/ - A great site with lots of information

https://lewisandclark.org/learn/members.php

https://web.archive.org/web/20050824195704/http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.html

Each member below will have their own section with links to information about them:

GROUP 1

Meriwether Lewis

http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/1099

​www.lewisandclarktrail.com/biography.htm

https://www.nps.gov/lecl/learn/historyculture/meriwether-lewis.htm

www.biography.com/explorer/meriwether-lewis

www.britannica.com/biography/Meriwether-Lewis

​

William Bratton 

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/william-bratton/william-bratton-biography/​

https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/71​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2569​

www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/william-bratton-lewis-and-clark-expedition-member/

https://www.nps.gov/people/private-william-e-bratton.htm

Robert Frazer 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frazer-1532

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2578​

​www.americanjourneys.org/aj-160/summary/​

lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/item/lc.sup.jackson.01​

https://travelersrest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lesser-Known-Men-of-the-Corps-Robert-Frazer.pdf

Hugh Hall 

https://lewisandclark.org/learn/members.php​

https://kcyesterday.com/articles/lewis-and-clark-in-kansas-city

​www.lewis-clark.org/article/2599

​https://www.nps.gov/articles/court-martial-at-kaw-point-park.htm

www.lewisandclarktrail.com/courtmartial.htm

Group 2

William Clark

https://www.nps.gov/people/william-clark.htm​

www.lewisandclarktrail.com/biography.htm​

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/william-clark​

www.biography.com/people/william-clark-9542620​

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Clark

John Collins

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=1904​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2596​​

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm45NA_John_Collins​

www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collins-7765

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/private-john-collins-lewis-and-clark-expedition-member.htm

Joseph Whitehouse

http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2583​

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/whitehouse-journals.htm​

https://publications.newberry.org/time-machine/josephWhitehouse

herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/703​

https://www.nps.gov/people/private-joseph-whitehouse.htm

Alexander Hamilton Willard 

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2634​

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/alexander-hamilton-willard-s-life-and-death.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/alexander-hamilton-willard-lewis-and-clark-expedition-blacksmith.htm

​www.theclio.com/web/entry?id=47001

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_Willard​

Group 3

Sacagawea

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/sacagawea

https://www.biography.com/explorer/sacagawea​

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sacagawea​

https://www.nps.gov/lecl/learn/historyculture/sacagawea.htm

www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sacagawea

John Colter 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colter

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2613​

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Colter

www.legendsofamerica.com/we-johncolter.html​

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/john-colter/john-colter-biography/​

Nathaniel Pryor 

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/nathaniel-pryor/nathaniel-pryor-biography/

​www.lewis-clark.org/article/576

www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PR024

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hale_Pryor

https://classroom.synonym.com/importance-sergeant-nathaniel-pryor-lewis-clark-expedition-23142.html

John Shields 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shields_(explorer)​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2608​

https://pasttimesofanativetexan.blogspot.com/2020/03/john-shields-explorer.html

www.lewisandclarktrail.com/blacksmith.htm​

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/john-shields/john-shields-biography/​

Group 4​

John Ordway 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/john-ordway-after-the-corps.htm

​www.lewis-clark.org/article/2617

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ordway

https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/702​

archive.org/stream/jstor-20610217/20610217#page/n1/mode/1up

Joseph and Rueben Field 

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/joseph-and-reubin-field/joseph-and-reubin-field-biography/

www.lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/louisclark/kentuckyboys.htm#Field​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2606​

​www.nps.gov/articles/reuben-and-joseph-field.htm

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2607

​Patrick Gass 

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/gass_patrick_1771_1870_/

https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/patrick-m-gass/

http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2653

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/patrick-gass-and-john-ordway.htm

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/gass.htm

Francis Labiche 

https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/12045.Fran%C3%A7ois%20Labiche.pdf

https://www.nps.gov/people/private-francois-labiche.htm

​www.lewis-clark.org/article/2572

​www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/private-labiche-brought-considerable-talent-to-expedition/article_5d0d1797-70af-5525-bbb9-1b1f580c70f6.html

​https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Milhomme-9

Group 5

Toussaint Charbonneau 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Charbonneau​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2664​

​https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/nelson-interpreters-with-lewis-and-clark/

www.sacagawea-biography.org/toussaint-charbonneau/​

www.legendsofamerica.com/we-toussaintcharbonneau.html

George Gibson 

https://lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/kentucky-people/the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky/george-gibson/george-gibson-biography/​

​​​www.in.gov/history/for-educators/download-issues-of-the-indiana-historian/lewis-and-clark-indiana-connections/introducing-the-nine-young-men-from-kentucky-and-york-clarks-slave/#George%20Gibson

elliott-gibson.blogspot.com/​

​http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/legacy/louisclark/kentuckyboys.htm​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2620

John Potts 

​https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potts-4673

​www.lewis-clark.org/article/2612

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Potts_(American_frontiersman)​

https://www.nps.gov/people/private-john-potts.htm​

https://lewis-clark.org/members/john-potts/

York 

https://www.nps.gov/lecl/learn/historyculture/york.htm​

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/york-explored-west-lewis-and-clark-his-freedom-wouldnt-come-until-decades-later-180968427/​

www.nps.gov/people/york.htm​​

​https://jmjp.gmu.edu/the-enslaved-naturalist/york/

​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_(explorer)

Group 6

Seaman (Lewis' dog)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(dog)​

americacomesalive.com/2013/08/27/seaman-a-newfoundland-dog-who-accompanied-lewis-and-clark/​

www.lewisandclarktrail.com/seaman.htm​

www.nps.gov/jeff/learn/historyculture/seaman.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/what-happened-to-seaman-after-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition.htm 

George Shannon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shannon_(explorer)​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2576​

lewisandclarktrail.com/shannon.htm​

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/george-shannon-gets-lost-twice-on-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition.htm​

franceshunter.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/lost-in-the-wilderness-the-ordeal-of-george-shannon/

Pierre Cruzatte 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cruzatte-1​

​www.cruzatte.com/resources/biography.html​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/2597​

lewisandclarktrail.com/cruzatte.htm​

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/lewis-shot-by-cruzatte.htm

Charles Floyd 

https://www.nps.gov/people/sergeant-charles-floyd.htm​

www.siouxcityhistory.org/notable-people/11-sergeant-charles-floyd​

www.lewis-clark.org/article/716​

http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/3158​

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/corps-of-discovery-suffers-its-only-death​​​