Background

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MAJOR UNDERSTANDINGS

Preconceptions shape preparation.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS


 * How do you prepare for the unknown?
 * How can you predict what you'll need to know?
 * How can you predict what you'll need to have?

KEY KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES

Students will:

o Andrew Ellicott of Lancaster, PA: astronomy and surveying o Benjamin Smith Barton: botany and ethnology o Robert Patterson: astronomy o Dr. Benjamin Rush: medicine o Dr. Caspar Wistar: fossils
 * know the relative and geographic location of Philadelphia, PA, and its importance as the intellectual center of the nation and a port for trade and commerce at the time of the expedition
 * know that the purpose of Lewis's visit to Philadelphia in 1803 was to procure supplies and equipment for the expedition and to learn information from experts
 * know that the American Philosophical Society membership was a leading source of information for Lewis
 * know that Lewis met with these people:
 * know that Lewis procured supplies in these categories: transportation, camping, medicine, arms, mathematical instruments, presents and books, maps and tables

KEY SKILL OBJECTIVES

Students will:


 * Gather information from a map to determine relative and absolute location
 * Examine and gather information from paintings
 * Make inferences based on observations of paintings
 * Read and analyze primary and secondary documents to draw conclusions
 * Identify and classify objects from documents and photographs
 * Evaluate the importance of items from the expedition
 * Reflect upon the value or appropriate nature of gifts