ESL WORKSHEET - Sacagawea

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

SACAGAWEA

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Oct. 9, 2021

Level: Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: General English
Tags: Celebrities and Historical Figures; Behavior, Feelings and Emotions; Beliefs, Religion and Superstition; Challenges; Controversial Issues; Ethics and Conduct; Health and Well-being; Articles; Vocabulary and Grammar
Publication date: 10/09/2021

This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Sacagawea and how she guided the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explored North America. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation and compares the use of articles a/an and the. There is also an optional extension activity related to a surprising aim of the Lewis and Clark expedition. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Reader: Sacagawea was born in the northwest of the United States, in today’s state of Idaho, around 1788. Her father was the leader of the Shoshone people. When she was twelve years old, she was captured by the Hidatsa people and sold to a French-Canadian fur trapper. She became one of his wives, and they lived with the Hidatsa and Mandan people on the Missouri River in today’s North Dakota.
In 1804, the explorers Lewis and Clark entered this area, looking for a place to spend the winter. When they continued with their expedition in April 1805, they asked Sacagawea and her husband to travel with them as interpreters. Sacagawea was only sixteen years old and had just given birth to a baby boy.
Even though she was traveling with her newborn baby, Sacagawea was very helpful to the expedition. She could find plants to eat and make shoes and clothes. As they explored the Missouri River, one of their boats overturned. Sacagawea saved important documents and supplies from the water. Traveling with a woman and a baby made the expedition seem peaceful, and the people they met were friendly to them.
The group entered Shoshone territory, and when they met the leader, Sacagawea was surprised to find that this was her brother. She had not seen him since she was twelve. Lewis and Clark asked Sacagawea to help them buy horses to cross the Rocky Mountains. They arrived on the Pacific coast in 1805 and spent the winter there.
When the expedition returned to the east to report to the president, Sacagawea and her family stopped in the Mandan village where they had met the expedition.
They met William Clark again in 1809 in the city of Saint Louis. When Sacagawea died in 1812, Clark looked after her two children.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/sacagawea. Accessed on July 25, 2024. © 2008–2024 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.