Sacagawea’s Journey

Word Knowledge Line 1: explore explorers exploring exploration Line 2: curtain campfire crime contact command Line 3: afternoon homecoming hailstones rainstorm Line 4: plain plane waist waste herd Sentence 1: The exploration party buried a cache of food near

the campfire. Sentence 2: The explorers made contact with the captain. Sentence 3: This afternoon there was a shower of hailstones

outside. Sentence 4: From the window of the plane, we could see the

river winding through the campfire.

Background Information Biography Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1804 at the

Mississippi River in St. Louis Corp reached the Pacific Ocean in September 23, 1806 Clark published Lewis’s journal after he died Sacagawea was part of the Shoshone tribe and married a

fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau Sacagawea and her family were hired as interpreters and

guides to help the expedition Sacagawea’s face appears on the one-dollar coin

ProvisionsSupplies such as food, water, and medicine

Singular: Provision

NOUN

The act of carrying boats over land when water passage is dangerous or impossible

(V) Portaged(V) Portaging

NOUNPORTAGE

CapableSkilled or able to do something well

(N) Capability (Adv) Capably

ADJECTIVE

DesperationA hopeless feeling when you are ready to try anything to help the situation

(Adj) Desperate (Adv) Desperately

NOUN

Scouting When someone on a journey is going ahead to look for information

(N) A Scout(V) To Scout

Comprehension Questions1. Why was it hard to travel on the

Missouri River?2. How did Lewis chart their route?3. Why was the trip important to

Sacagawea?4. Why did Sacagawea look at the

moccasins?5. Why was the Missouri River such a

challenge6. How did Sacagawea help?7. Why did they leave the red pirogue?8. How did they help Sacagawea to feel

better?9. Who took Sacagawea away from the

Shoshone?10. What do the Shoshone call their land?

1. They traveled upstream.

2. He used the stars to chart.

3. She was returning to her homeland where she had been taken from as a child.

4. She checked to see what tribe they belonged to.5. The river branched off in many

directions and they didn’t know which one to take.

6. She knew the land and how to find food.

7. They had too much to carry.

8. They gave her mineral water.

9. A Hidatsa warrior took her.

10. They call it “Shining Mountains.”