Cover for the Sacagawea FREE Unit Study showing printables and the book.

Sacagawea FREE Unit Study

Sacagawea lived a short, but eventful life.  She became a major part of United States history while just a teenager joining Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean.  In this unit study, learn all about that adventure and what is known about her life before and after that trip.

Grab the book, sign-up to receive the FREE printable unit study and then explore the other resources below!

Pinnable cover for the Sacagawea FREE Unit Study showing printables and the book.

(Note: This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read our full disclosure.)

The Book about Sacagawea

The Sacagawea unit study is based upon the book Who Was Sacagawea?  This book shares what is known from the historical record about her early life and many details about the Lewis and Clark expedition. This is a great read aloud for early elementary ages or an independent reading assignment for children in about grades 3-6.

The Sacagawea FREE Printable Unit Study

The printable unit study includes the following:

Notebooking pages about Sacagawea’s life.

A timeline activity to chart her life.

Sacagawea notebooking pages and timeline.

 

Writing prompt: Imagine that Sacagawea kept a journal like Lewis and Clark did during the expedition to Pacific Ocean.  What would she have written?

Following Directions with Sacagawea Follow the directions to learn more about where Sacagawea lived in her early life and where she traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Sacagawea following direction and writing printables.

Videos About Sacagawea

A good overview of what is known about her life. (3 minutes).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnT0k9wdDZo

Learn more about the Sacagawea at Ducksters.

This video gives some history of the Shoshone tribe of which Sacagawea was a member. (8 min.)

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Learn more about the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition. (4:30 minutes)

Learn more about Lewis & Clark at Ducksters.

Discovering Lewis and Clark has an immense collection of articles about the expedition, including details of the trail, what they ate and how they lived on the trip.

If you have Amazon Prime, Ken Burns American Lives Season 1 is included and Lewis and Clark is one of the topics he covers.  There are two parts, each almost 2 hours long:

Hands On Activities

Sacagawea’s tribe were nomads, meaning they moved from place to place.  Therefore, they lived in tipis (aka teepees) that they could pack up and take with them.  Make a model of a teepee with a paper bag.

Child's teepee craft made from a paper bag.

Sacagawea had a favorite blue glass bead necklace that she had to trade on the expedition.  Use yarn and beads to make your own necklaces and other jewelryOr for older children use actual bead thread and seed beads.

Study Native Americans

Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea came in contact with many different Native American tribes on their expedition.  Use these ideas to study some of the tribes:

Cover for post Native American Tribes FREE Unit Study showing books, notebooking pages, and projects.

What other resources have you used to learn about Sacagawea? Please share below!!

Other Resources

Books for younger children:

Books about Lewis and Clark:

*We did The Captain’s Dog as a read aloud several years ago with my oldest son and we loved it!

Cover for Blog Post Who Was....? in Women's HistoryPinnable cover for post Native American Historical Fiction and Biographies