Interactive map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Kudos to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for their terrific interactive map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  It's a great tool to show and/or share with your students.

The map was made by Stephanie Townrow, a Digital Humanities Producer at the Institute.  As of tonight I'm following her on Twitter!  She's @StephTownrow.

Two asides about the map.  First, the Lewis and Clark map was made with StoryMapJS, a product of the Northwestern University Knight Lab.  I love StoryMapJSt!  I've already assigned my students two projects this year where they would make maps with this interactive tool.  Here's my favorite tutorial (8:46) on how to use it:

Second, the Institute generously supports a wide array of programs and resources for school teachers.  (Full disclosure: I was accepted to attend a Gilder Lehrman summer teacher seminar several years ago, at Oxford (!) (yeah, that one), on the age of Lincoln).  Information is available by clicking here.