The Story of Lewis and Clark Book 1: Up the Missouri River
Historical (nonfiction) 1,526 words, Level Y (Grade 5), Lexile 1090L
In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark led a group of white men and one enslaved Black man on a challenging expedition to explore Indigenous-governed lands. The Story of Lewis and Clark Book 1: Up the Missouri River examines the reasons for the expedition, the preparations Lewis and Clark made for the trip, and the early part of the expedition. This book can also be used to teach students how to effectively sequence the events in a text and the proper use of adverbs.