Glossary

1) expedition- (noun) an event in which someone(s) searches or explores with an objective: every pot

2) despite- (preposition) even though: editorial

3)pneumonia- (noun) a sometimes fatal disease affecting the lungs:character profile of lewis

4)keen- (adjective) having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity: character profile of lewis

5)species-(noun) a kind variety or type: letter to Jefferson

6)route-(noun) a pathway: map

7)camas- (noun) a plant in the lily family: letter to Jefferson

8)quamash- (noun) [see camas]: letter to Jefferson

9)Nez Perce- (noun) North American tribe [native americans]: letter to Jefferson

10)extraordinary- (adjective) special or amazing: editorial

11)aspect- (noun) different perspectives: editorial

12)White Philadelpus Lewisii-(noun) a flower named after Lewis: letter to Jefferson

13)Pink Clarkia Puchella- (noun) a flower named after Clark: letter to Jefferson

Character Profle of Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis was one of the main leaders of the expedition into the western land. He was born on August 18, 1774 in a family of skilled cooks and soldiers. The Lewis family knew the Jefferson family because they had lived near each other in Virginia. Meriwether and Thomas grew up together and became close friends.

Meriwether was brought up in an environment in which he learned about nature and observation. When he later became Jefferson's personal secretary when Jefferson was president; Jefferson made sure he became an even more keen observer and made sure he was prepared for anything before sending him on the expedition. He also learned how to use herbs as medicine just has his aunt did.

When Lewis returned from the expedition he was famous. Thomas Jefferson wanted him to turn his reports from his journey into a book. But it was just too hard for Meriwether, so it wasn't done. He was also made the governor of Louisiana. Very few people realized how stressed Meriwether was with the job.

When traveling to Washington, overcome with the stress, he shot himself. Those who didn't know him had though he was murdered. And then there was those, who ignoring the bullet wound, suspected he died from pneumonia. And just like that, the life of the man who changed the USA was gone forever...

Reflection:

I did this post for mainly the same reason as the crossword puzzle. I had some trouble finding our about Meriwether's family and early life. I think this might have turned out to be ore of a biography than a character profile. I've been having trouble making my character profiles not sound like biographies. But other than that, I think it is a pretty good character profile.

Corssword Puzzle

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ACROSS 2. Sacajawea's Brother 6. The river that was followed 8. Who the land was bought from 9. Objective of the expedition 10. Capturers of Sacajawea

DOWN 1. The buyer of the land 3. The men listed as helpers on the expedition 4. The cost of the land 5. Woman who gave birth during the expedition 7. What wasn't found

Reflection:

I know that I already had one game post in my blog, so when I made this post it was because I neeeded to have ten by a certain date and the two posts I was going to do would have taken to long. I had some trouble coming up with more questions for the crossword puzzle but now thee questions are split up between the puzzle and the quiz so I don't think I need to add more questions to either.

MAP

Here is a map of the expedition. This shows the route that Lewis and Clark took while traveling. Their expedition confirmed the extension of the US into Washington and Oregon. They had taken this route (traveling next to and in the Missouri River) because that's what they were looking for, water going across the US. They had planned the route specifically so that they might find the route they were told was there.



Here is the website I got it from:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.worldbook.com/wb/images/content_spotlight/lewis_and_clark/expeditionmap.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students%3Fcontent_spotlight/lewis_and_clark/expedition&h=294&w=599&sz=53&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=KRs1vKWh3otmjM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dexpedition%2B%2Bof%2Blewis%2Band%2Bclark%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Reflection:
To be honest I did a map for a post because I knew it would be one of the easier things to do. I didn't have much time to come up with another post, so I took the easy way out. I think that if the whole map showed in the post when at the main page it would be a mostly successful map, but for some reason the whole map just doesn't show which is a problem.

A letter to Jefferson

Dear Sir Jefferson,

I am writing to you to inform you of the progress on the expedition. We have came across some interesting species in our travels. We have discovered a new creature that spends its time in the prairie. We have called it the prairie dog. We were truly amazed a gruesome looking bear. Thus, we have called it the grizzly bear. I have been documenting all of the sites we have seen on our journey. I have specific descriptions of every new discovery. I'd love to share with you my discoveries at the moment, but I a quite busy at the moment. So I will just inform you of some more of our discoveries.

There are plants we found new kinds of plant life too! There are many different colored plants just as there are in the north. There is a plant that some Nez Perce eat. It is called camas. Some also call it quamash. I would love for yo to see everything that I have.

Sincerely,
Meriwether Lewis

Here are pictures I found of the discoveries I talked about and some other things:
(obviously Lewis wouldn't have added this part)

grizzly bear

buffalo

this is a picture of a prairie dog
this is something like what
they might have seen

Here are two flowers that Lewis and Clark found. They became named after them. white Philadelphus lewisii and the other flower became called the pink Clarkia pulchella.

Reflection:

I was really happy with the outcome of this letter. It was a lot of fun writing the letter because I got to do some more specific research on what they discovered. I decided to have Meriwether write to Jefferson for the letter because I think it would kind of symbolize how they were closer as friends and as colleagues. Also of course one of the head people of the mission should report back to the president.