Reporting Back

Students take on the role of Captain Meriwether Lewis and write a formal letter to President Jefferson summarizing findings from the expedition. The worksheet provides a structure including greeting, introduction, discoveries, and conclusion. Possible topics include geography, new plants and animals, or relations with Native tribes. This creative writing task merges historical understanding with composition skills, emphasizing organization, tone, and evidence use. It also fosters empathy and perspective-taking by imagining firsthand accounts of discovery.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Formal Letter Writing

Social Studies – Reporting Historical Discoveries

Writing – Organization and Tone in Informative Texts

History – Lewis and Clark Expedition Reflections

This worksheet is part of our Lewis and Clark Expedition collection.