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Group Portraits: Then and Now
Students use photographs to examine ship masters and shipyard workers. As a class, they explore other group portraits and discuss the information that can be found from the photos. As a group, they create their own group portrait mural.
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Welcome Aboard the Newport
Learners work in groups to create a book for a museum setting that introduces the tall ship, the Newport, to the public. They conduct research on maritime heritage and examine the responsibilities accociated with sailing.
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Mastering the Sea
Students investigate what life was like on early 19th century ships. They participate in a Webquest, explore the website for the movie, 'Master and Commander,' watch movie excerpts, take an interactive tour of a ship, and answer...
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Mother Goose Vehicle Puzzle
In this Mother Goose vehicles puzzle activity, students read a rhyme that mentions a sailing ship. Students cut out 7 pieces and paste them on another paper to make a ship. There is a picture to hint students.
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I Saw A Ship A-Sailing
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the reading of the story while focusing upon the development of vocabulary and reading fluency. They practice reading while running their finger underneath the text to...
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A Whaling Voyage
Students plot the track of a whaling voyage and relate it to ocean currents. They need to explain and use latitude and longitude to plot ship positions on the globe.
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I Saw a Ship A-Sailing
In this language arts worksheet, students read a classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme called I Saw a Ship A-Sailing. Students color the picture that accompanies the poem.
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Naval Battles in the Age of Sail
Pupils compare and contrast British and American/Allied naval losses during the American Revolution. They recognize factors affecting the outcome of a naval battle and describe a naval battle from the age of sail.
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Recycled Sailing Vessels
Students discuss how recycled materials can be used to create art and how this will apply to their artwork. They create a sailing vessel using recycled materials that they find.
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The Age of Sailing Songs
Learners explore various genres of spoken and written expression. While considering the era of the shipyard and sailing, students describe and document a favorite ship, captain, crew, or life of a sailor. Using this information, they...
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Tall Ships
Students watch a videotape about a voyage aboard a "tall ship." They watch as young, inexperienced sailors overcome seasickness, fear, and lack of experience and come together as a team to operate the sailing vessel. They discuss the...
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Captain John Smith's Shallop
Young explorers, all aboard the shallop to discover how early European explorers would navigate the American coastline to find resources, map terrain, and trade with Native American tribes.
Teach Engineering
Stay in Shape
Using their knowledge of right triangles, pupils find out how far a ship is from a light house. Class members determine how far around the world a ship would be sailing at a constant speed.
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Voyages in a Bottle
Students uncover the method for easily building a ship in a bottle. Then they fabricate a 3-D model of the ship(s) used on an exploratory sailing voyage and display it in a plastic bottle. Students also draw a map of the world their...
New Bedford Whaling Museum
A New Bedford Voyage!
A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...
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Follow That Ship!
Learners in this exercise are introduced to the distinct ways of measuring distance (nautical miles) and speed (knots) at sea, as well as the concepts of latitude and longitude for establishing location.
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Internet Explorers Scavenger Hunt
In this explorers scavenger hunt instructional activity, students research 10 different explorers famous in history using the Internet. First, they read each question to determine which explorer to research and why they were important....
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Sail, Sail, Sail Your Ship!
Young scholars listen to the book, Columbus Day, by Paul Showers and discuss the historical significance of Christopher Columbus. They create Columbus Day booklets, sing a Christopher Columbus song, and develop graphic organizers.
NOAA
Who’s Blue Peter?
Scholars discover who Blue Peter is and how sailors used nautical signal flags on the open waters in order to create their own set of nautical signal flags and send messages to peers.
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: The N Ending
Never fear, N is here! Practice matching words that end in the letter N with their corresponding pictures. Kids glue the words onto the sails of a ship that include each picture.
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Organic Vessels
Students review the life and work of Andy Goldsworthy. Using this information, they gather organic objects to create their own sailing vessel. They reflect on their artwork and determine what problem their artwork solves.
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Early Explorers- Did You Know Cards
In this early explorers worksheet, students fill in 2 "Did You Know..." cards with information about early explorers. They see a clip art picture of a sailing ship and have blank lines to fill in on the cards
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Mayflower Craft
Students create a Mayflower craft object. In this visual arts lesson, students cut out sails and waves from construction paper and glue Popsicle sticks to the sails.
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Africa: The Middle Passage and 19th Century America
Students participate in a series of activities to explore the lives of slaves in 19th century America. They examine the design of slave ships, the hardships endured, and the ways that owners depended on slaves for their economic survival.