The Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery is often presented as an exciting adventure story of discovery, friendship, and patriotism. However, this same period in U.S. history can be understood quite differently when viewed through an anticolonial lens and the Doctrine of Discovery. How might educators critically interrogate the assumptions that underlie this adventure story through their teaching? This book challenges dominant narratives and packaged curriculum about Lewis and Clark to support more responsible social studies instruction. The authors provide a conceptual framework, ready-to-use lesson plans, and teaching resources to address oversimplified versions of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Indigenous perspectives, along with contemporary issues, are embedded in each lesson to encourage active and critical engagement with history and the legacies of conquest those living in what is now called the United States have inherited. Book Features: a new look at social studies curriculum about the Corps of Discovery--and Manifest Destiny--through the Doctrine of Discovery; examples of how Indigenous peoples have long engaged in philosophical, legal, and political challenges to the principles of the Doctrine; social studies lesson plans for elementary and secondary classrooms; useful curriculum materials to help teachers present a deeper examination of this topic.

Beyond Adventure -- Doctrine of Discovery -- Unpacking Colonial Logics in Lewis and Clark Curriculum -- Elementary Lesson Plan 1: "We're Still Here" -- Elementary Lesson Plan 2: What Were the Goals of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? -- Elementary Lesson Plan 3: The Jefferson Peace Medals -- Elementary Lesson Plan 4: Sacagawea: Beyond Interpreter and Guide -- Elementary Lesson Plan 5: "Everything Was Already Loved": Complicating Science and Discovery -- Elementary Lesson Plan 6: A Stolen Canoe Returned -- Elementary Lesson Plan 7: A Closer Look at York's Life -- Secondary Lesson Plan 1: The Stories Maps Tell -- Secondary Lesson Plan 2: What Were the Goals of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery? -- Secondary Lesson Plan 3: Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and the Doctrine of Discovery -- Secondary Lesson Plan 4: Questioning American Progress (John Gast, 1872) -- Secondary Lesson Plan 5: Standing Rock and the "Larger Story" -- Secondary Lesson Plan 6: Role Play: The Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery -- Secondary Lesson Plan 7: Revisiting What We Know About York -- Teaching Resource 1: Native Lands Under Siege -- Teaching Resource 2: Book Review: Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (2017) -- Teaching Resource 3: Partnerships Realized: The Confluence Project -- Teaching Resource 4: Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing - Conclusion.