On The Trail With Lewis and Clark A Boardgame

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On The Trail With Lewis and ClarkA Boardgame

• Based on the book How We Crossed the West The
  Adventures of Lewis Clark
• By Rosalyn Shanzer, 1997 National Geographic

David Bekier, Joann Carmignani, Caroline Gruss,
Steven Thomaschek, Dolph Timmerman
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These pages will demonstrate how to create the
game and how to play
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How We Crossed The WestThe Board Game
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Whats included in the game?

• One gameboard (in two files)
• Ten game pieces (members of the Corps of
  Discovery)
• Two round spinners (standard and advanced)
• 35 Question cards (in 6 MS Word files)
• 15 Event cards (in 1 Ms Word files)

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How To Build the Gameboard

• First, copy and print the gameboard files
• Left half of board gameboard 1001.jpg
• Right half of board gameboard 2002.jpg

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Match up the two pieces and glue them on a large
cardboard sheet.
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Make Game Cards
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To make the cards

• First print out the Gamecard files(They are
  saved in MS Word, click below)Gamecards
  1.doc Gamecards 5.docGamecards 2.doc Gamecards
  6.docGamecards 3.doc Eventcards 1.docGamecards
  4.doc
• Then, fold the Gamecard page in half vertically
  and cut out the cards. Fasten the loose edge
  with glue or a staple.

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Make the spinner

• There are two different spinners for this game
  The Standard Spinner and The Advanced Spinner.
• Download and print the Spinner files(They are
  saved in MS Excell)Spinner standard.xlsSpinner
  advanced.xls

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Make the spinner (cont)

• Cut out the spinners and attach them to round oak
  tag or cardboard (paper plates work too).
• Make a pointer out of oak tag and fasten it to
  the center of the spinner (make sure it stays
  loose enough to spin)

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Cut out the Game Pieces

• Download and print the game pieces.
• Cut out the pieces and glue them to oak tag or
  cardboard
• Game Pieces.doc

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Game Play

• 2 to 4 students can play at once.
• Each player picks a game piece and places it at
  Camp Wood.
• Players determine order of play (who goes first,
  second, etc.).

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Game Play

• First player spins the spinner and, depending
  where it points, takes a Question Card, takes an
  Event Card, or moves the distance indicated.

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Players take turns spinning and moving their
game pieces along the Lewis and Clark Trail (in
red).

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The first player to reach Fort Clatsop wins the
game. The remaining players may choose to
continue to determine second, third and fourth
place.

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Resources

• Childrens Literature Reference Books
• How We Crossed the West-The Adventures of Lewis
  Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
• Whats The Deal? Jefferson, Napoleon, and the
  Louisiana Purchase by Rhoda Blumberg
• Yorks Adventures with Lewis and Clark by Rhoda
  Blumberg
• Cobblestone - The Lewis and Clark Expedition
  1804-1806 September 1980
• Cobblestone - Lewis and Clark and the Corps of
  Discovery April 2004
• Lewis Clark Expedition 1804-1806 by James A.
  Crutchfield A Jackdaw Portfolio - Broadsheet
• Websites
• http//www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html
• http//www.centralr3.org/west/looney/improvedwebpg
  /lewisandclark/lewisandclarkindex.html
• http//www.lewis-clark.org/index.asp
• http//lewisclark.geog.missouri.edu/index.shtml
• http//www.lewisclark.net/index.html
• http//www.lewisandclarktrail.com/
• http//www.gmpdc.org/webquests/morrill/Bakersville
  Quest.htm
• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/