1Up the Missouri
2Trouble on the river
3A long Dakota winter
4Two new recruits
5True or false?
Do you remember the whole story? True or false?
Remember: without Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark could not talk to the Native peoples they met. She is now the most admired Native American woman since Pocahontas.
6Your turn: a museum label for Sacagawea
A museum is making a new exhibition about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Write the label for Sacagawea's portrait (60 to 80 words), then present her to the class in one minute.
- Say who she was and where she came from.
- Explain how she joined the expedition.
- Give two ways she helped Lewis and Clark.
- Say why she is famous today, and what you think of her.
Useful sentences
Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman.
She joined the expedition at Fort Mandan, in the winter of 1804, with her husband, a French trapper.
She helped Lewis and Clark to communicate with the Native peoples.
She travelled with her baby strapped to her back!
Without her help, the expedition would have failed.
I think she was very brave, because...
More about Lewis and Clark: The expedition in short · Almanac: a page of history · The whole story: fact or fiction? · Lewis and Clark in paintings