National Archives and Records Administration (Transcription of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty)
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/louistxt.html

NARA "Westward Expasion~The Louisiana Purchase"
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters_of_freedom_9.html#

Louisiana Purchase WebQuest
http://franklinschools.nls.k12.la.us/labicentennial/webquest.html

Louisiana Secretary of State's Office "Negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase"
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/purchase/negotiation.htm

States by order of entry into the United States
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0763770.html

Discovering Lewis and Clark
http://www.lewis-clark.org/

The Lewis and Clark Expedition
http://www.army.mil/cmh/lc/The%20Mission/LC_Pamphlet/index.htm

Lewis and Clark Expedition
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/journey.htm

Territorial Acquisitions of the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_acquisitions_of_the_United_States

Louisiana: A History
http://www.louisianahistory.org

Teaching American History
Louisiana's Role in TRADITIONAL AMERICAN HISTORY (TAH) PROJECT
http://www.lpb.org/tah

National and Louisiana Standards for teaching American History
• Web Quest 1
• Web Quest 2

Bibliography

Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Ambrose, Stephen. Lewis & Clark: Voyage of Discovery. Photographs by Sam Abell. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1998.

Ambrose, Stephen and Brinkley, Douglas. Witness to America: An Illustrated Documentary History of the United States from the Revolution to Today. Edited by Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley. New York, Yew York: Harper, 1999.

Kastor, Peter. The Nation's Crucible: The Louisiana Purchase and the Creation of America. New Haven: CT: Yale University Press, 2004.

Kukla, Jon. A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1st edition, 2003

Richard, Carl. The Louisiana Purchase (Part of the Louisiana Life Series, No. 7). Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1995

Other Related Reading:

Ambrose, Stephen. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Hyde, Sam. Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1996, paperback edition 1997

Richard, Carl. “A Dialogue with the Ancients: Thomas Jefferson and Classical Philosophy and History” in Journal of the Early Republic (1989)