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Two - Three
President Jefferson
Lewis and Clark |
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- Moring: Chpt. 2
- Discussion of additional materials
- The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, video
- Discussion questions:
- Why did Jefferson write Notes on the State of Virginia?
- What were Jefferson's instructions to Lewis?
- Did the expedition achieve Jefferson's goals?
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Discussion questions:
- Lewis and Clark are often viewed as complementing each
other. This quality is noticeable in their journals. How
can their journals be distinguished stylistically?
- What were the anticipated benefits of the expedition led by
Lewis and Clark?
- What qualities did Lewis have that Thomas Jefferson viewed as
desirable in the leader of the expedition?
- What was Benjamin Smith Barton’s view of organisms collected by
the western expeditions? What was the consequence of this point
of view for the collections done by his student, Peter Custis.
How did Barton’s view affect the value of Custis’s collections
for later scientists, especially compared to the Lewis and Clark
collections?
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