Library of Congress Exhibition: Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America. Washington, DC, 7/24-11/29/2003

[Laura Gottesman <lgot@LOC.GOV>]

Greetings:

I am posting this information on the Library of Congress's upcoming
exhibit: Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of
America, on behalf of a colleague. Please excuse all cross-postings.

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Like so many other exploration stories, the Lewis and Clark journey was
shaped by the search for navigable rivers, inspired by the quest for
Edens, and driven by the competition for empire. Thomas Jefferson was
motivated by these aspirations when he drafted instructions for the
Corps of Discovery, sending them up the Missouri River in search of a
passage to the Pacific.  The Library of Congress exhibition Rivers,
Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America, opening
July 24 through November 29, 2003, will present a century of exploration
that features the expedition of the Corps of Discovery as a culminating
moment in the quest to connect North America by means of a waterway
passage.  The exhibition will also feature other important expeditions
including those lead by Zebulon Pike, Stephen Long, Charles Wilkes, and
John Fremont and concludes with the construction of the transcontinental
railroad, which replaced the search for a direct water route with a
"river of steel."
Check out a preview of this exhibition online at
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/lewisandclark.html
Online resources for teachers can be found at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/cc_lewisandclark.php
If you would like to schedule a school tour of Rivers, Edens, Empires
please call (202) 707-9203.
 On July 28 there will be a Teacher's Institute, at the Library of
Congress, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. using the exhibition Rivers, Edens,
Empires to provide educators with an opportunity to engage in discovery
learning and to develop strategies for teaching the exploration of North
America. Other teacher institutes will be scheduled for the fall 2003.
For more information contact Susan Mordan at smordan@loc.gov or (202)
707-9203.

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