Into the Wilderness
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YOU
YOU
be the explorer!
be the explorer!
We are going to outfit you with everything you need to journey through an unknown land.
We are going to outfit you with everything you need to journey through an unknown land.
· Food
· Food
· Weapons
· Weapons
· Clothes
· Clothes
· Medicines and first aid
· Medicines and first aid
· Interesting things to trade with any people you might meet
· Interesting things to trade with any people you might meet
· A compass and instruments to calculate latitude and longitude.
· A compass and instruments to calculate latitude and longitude.
You can pick your crew. Your job: find your way to the Pacific ocean and map the countryside as you go.
You can pick your crew. Your job: find your way to the Pacific ocean and map the countryside as you go.
You have a boat. Put it into the river shown above and…
You have a boat. Put it into the river shown above and…
Get started!
Get started!
Could you do it?
Could you do it?
Amazingly, Lewis and Clark and their crew did accomplish just that. They left “The States” behind, put their boat into the water near what is now St. Louis, Missouri, and started up the river.
Is this the REAL Lewis and Clark? https://video.link/w/Cx5uc
Let's find out more about who they were.
Here is the plan:
Here is the plan:
Week 1. What did they wear?
Week 2. Did they have a canoe?
Week 3. What did they eat?
Week 4. Whom did they meet?