Missouri History
Below are links to exhibit-related categories that contain lesson plans, information, and additional links to be utilized to prepare students for pre-visit or supplement post-visit instruction.
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Missouri Geology
- The Active Earth: Earthquake Epicenters and Magnitudes
- Edible Four Layer Earth
- Rocks and the Rock Cycle
- The Geology of Missouri
First Peoples
- Missouri's Mississippian Legacy
- Did You Really Find an Arrow Head?
- Common Point Types of Missouri
- Missouri Time Periods
- Missouri Tribes
- Origin of "Missouri"
The French in Missouri
- Waterways and Communities
- French Exploration and Settlement
- Migration and Settlement
- Historical Missouri Maps
- You Mean They Weren't All German
Lewis and Clark
- Packing for a Journey
- Calculating a Travel Plan (Adobe PDF)
- Journey of Discovery
- Discovering New Species
- Encountering Indians in Missouri
- Meriwether's Memory Match (Game): Lewis and Clark Quiz
- Using a Compass
Gateway to the West
- Interactive Trail Map
- Pony Express
- Piecing Missouri
- Pack Your Wagon
- Patty Reed's Doll
- Westward Expansion
- The Westward Movement: Go West Young Man
The Missouri Compromise
- The Compromise of 1850
- Before Dred Scott: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
- An Early Threat of Secession
The Missouri Symbols
The War within the State
- Missouri State Battle Map
- Divided and Torn
- The Civil War for Kids
- Battle of Island Number 10
- USS Carondelet
Missouri Government
Transportation
- Transcontinental Railroad
- Transporting Coal
- Virtual Journey to Missouri places, cities, parks and more
- On the Road Again
Transformation of the Bootheel
Great Links for Teachers