Expedition Essay

Everyone gathered on the campus grounds waiting on the bus to take us on our very first archaeological field expedition. I’ll be the first to admit I’m something of a loner, my only contacts with my fellow classmates was the occasional salutation of “Good Moring” when entering a classroom but only if someone beat me to the room. Normally I’m the first person there because I like sitting at the back of the classroom and those are normally the first seats to go. Imagine our surprise when we found out

Ryann Felder Plotner English 3 Honors August 28, 2015 Expedition into adulthood The novel The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D Salinger is filled with multitudes of hidden meanings and symbolism. Throughout the entire novel the main character, Holden Caulfield is faced with the constant internal battle of entering adulthood and accepting it. In the novel Holden faces three events where he has to force himself into being an adult, those being his encounter with the prostitute, his phone call

change America forever. These men, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark, paved the way for discovery, especially in education. The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 was a strong incentive for furthering education by constructing an establishment in botanical science and geography in northwestern America. The expedition was a strong incentive for furthering education in botanical science about the west because of information discovered about unknown plants and uses in

Introduction What does Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition reveal about the early European attitudes towards the native population of the Americas? Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition is the first book written by a European between 1527 and 1536 about the making of the Americas. The book is Álvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca’s account of what happened to him as he explores the Americas, in search of wealth (gold) and empire in the sixteen century. The journey started with six hundreds men, and ended with

On the Endurance expedition, crew members encountered many different animals. There were domestic animals such as, Mrs. Chippy (the cat) and the 70 sled dogs. They also encountered many different wild animals such as, seals, killer whales, penguins, and various types of birds. To tell you some things about these animals, despite his name, Mrs. Chippy was a striped tabby tomcat. After one month of having him the crew figured out he was a male, but the name Mrs. Chippy still stuck. Like most cats

William Clark, to head an expedition. Lewis and Clark would need a guide, someone who knew the lands and one who could bring them home safely. While visiting an Indian village near modern-day Bismarck in North Dakota, Lewis and Clark’s expedition crossed paths with a young Indian woman named Sacajawea, Who had been kidnapped from her home land plantation called the Shoshones, in the Western Territory. Lewis and Clark offered Sacajawea and her husband to join their expedition as their guide, and to

Thomas Jefferson decided to send men out to explore the new land we owned. He choose his trusted friend, Meriwether Lewis to get a team together. Lewis chose William Clark to help lead the expedition. They organized a crew and gathered supplies to start of their expedition to St.Louis Missouri. While traveling on the Missouri River they found several Indian tribes. In one they met a girl named Sacagawea. She explained to Lewis and Clark, when she was young she was kidnapped and

the Indians a sizeable white westward migration began. During the 1800s there were a variety of famous expeditions. This led to the expansion of what is now the United States. During these expeditions, many of the explorers wrote about their experience in the unknown territory. The danger they face was overbearing and almost cost them and their crew their lives. Probably the most famous expedition in American history was the brainchild of Thomas Jefferson. Two young men, Meriwether Lewis and William

One of my best life events is when I went on the ride called Expedition Everest which is located in the park called Animal Kingdom. We got in line for the ride on of the scariest rides their, “I can’t wait to get on the ride” I said to my Mom. We moved forward in line and we were going to be the next ones on the ride. It seemed like forever but finally it was our turn to get in the roller coaster cars, I was so happy and scared at the same time because every ride you could hear people screaming

chose the Lewis and Clark expedition because it was something I knew a lot about, plus its part of my community’s history. The Lewis and Clark expedition took place in all of Washington in the same state that I live in. They also traveled up the Columbia River I live very close to the river so Lewis & Clark provide interest to me. In third grade my teacher taught a lot about Lewis and Clark and I took a lot of interest in it, so now I want to learn more about the expedition and use it for my national