Full Description
The Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery is often presented as an exciting adventure story of discovery, friendship, and patriotism. However, this same period in U.S. history can be understood quite differently when viewed through anticolonial lens and the Doctrine of Discovery. How might educators critically interrogate the assumptions that underlie this adventure story through their teaching? This book challenges dominant narratives and packaged curriculum about Lewis and Clark to support more responsible social studies instruction. The authors provide a conceptual framework, ready-to-use lesson plans, and teaching resources to address oversimplified versions of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Indigenous perspectives, along with contemporary issues, are embedded in each lesson to encourage active and critical engagement with history and the legacies of conquest those living in what is now called the United States have inherited.
Book Features:
Offers a new look at social studies curriculum about the Corps of Discovery—and Manifest Destiny—through the Doctrine of Discovery.
Includes examples of how Indigenous peoples have long engaged in philosophical, legal, and political challenges to the principles of the Doctrine.
Provides social studies lesson plans for elementary and secondary classrooms.
Offers useful curriculum materials to help teachers present a deeper examination of this topic.
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Beyond Adventure 2
2. The Doctrine of Discovery 13
3. Unpacking Colonial Logics in Lewis and Clark Curriculum 26
PART II: ELEMENTARY LESSON PLANS
Elementary Lesson Plan 1: "We're Still Here" 34
Elementary Lesson Plan 2: What Were the Goals of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? 39
Elementary Lesson Plan 3: The Jefferson Peace Medals 49
Elementary Lesson Plan 4: Sacagawea: Beyond Interpreter and Guide 58
Elementary Lesson Plan 5: "Everything Was Already Loved": Complicating Science and Discovery 70
Elementary Lesson Plan 6: A Stolen Canoe Returned 83
Elementary Lesson Plan 7: A Closer Look at York's Life 91
PART III: SECONDARY LESSON PLANS
Secondary Lesson Plan 1: The Stories Maps Tell 102
Secondary Lesson Plan 2: What Were the Goals of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? 111
Secondary Lesson Plan 3: Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and the Doctrine of Discovery 123
Secondary Lesson Plan 4: Questioning American Progress (John Gast, 1872) 132
Secondary Lesson Plan 5: Standing Rock and the "Larger Story" 137
Secondary Lesson Plan 6: Role Play: The Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery 148
Secondary Lesson Plan 7: Revisiting What We Know About York 162
PART IV: TEACHING RESOURCES
Teaching Resource 1: Native Lands Under Siege 175
Teaching Resource 2: Book Review: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (2017) 178
Teaching Resource 3: Partnerships Realized: The Confluence Project 180
Teaching Resource 4: Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing 183
4. Conclusion 185
Appendix: The Standards 187
References 195
Index 201
About the Authors 205
