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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Bio Pirate Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Bio-Pirate, a novel by Michele Martin Bossley, is a science mystery about medical research materials that go missing. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, extensive teaching ideas and a short profile of the author.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Suzanne Alejandre: Pirate Diamond Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An interesting small-group activity that will engage learners in problem solving, reasoning, and communicating their mathematical thoughts with eachother. The materials needed for the project and the steps the teacher should assist the...
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ESPN Internet Ventures

Espn: Easy Going Honus Was a Pirates Icon

For Students 9th - 10th
Honus Wagner was part of the Fabulous Five, "the first class elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936". At this site from ESPN, you can learn interested facts about his baseball career.
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Search for the Northwest Passage : Frobisher's First Voyage

For Students 3rd - 8th
Martin Froblisher of England dreamt of finding the passage that would lead to China's riches! His early life as a pirate and rogue is profiled as is his first voyage to the New Lands. His first view of the Inuit led him to believe he had...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Exploring the Early Americas: Competition for Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site, the primary sources here deal with the competition among the European countries in establishing a foothold in the New World.
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Other

City of Tampa

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website for the city of Tampa, Florida. Provides complete information about municipal government and services, education facilities, neighborhoods, the people that live there, festivals and attractions, getting around, the...
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Howard Pyle's Howard Pyle's Book Of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning The Buccaneers & Marooners Of The Spanish Main has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
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Other

Connie Brummel Crook: 'The Perilous Year' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"The Perilous Year", an historical novel by Connie Brummel Crook, begins in 1793 and is set in what is now Ontario. It follows the life of two brothers into adulthood. This teacher's guide has a book summary, chapter discussion guides...
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California State University

Cal State Northridge: Pompey the Great

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cal State Northridge provides an excerpt from Pliny's "Natural History" where he discusses Pompey's early military career and conquests of the pirates and the East.
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Franco Cavazzi

The Roman Empire: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Roman Empire.net, gives a biography of the victorious Roman general, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great.
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Other

University of Bath: Ukoln: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides everything you want or need to know about Robert Louis Stevenson's book "Treasure Island." You can find out about the author, the characters in the book, tropical islands, pirates, buried treasures, and lots more. A...
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Finite State Automata

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This student activity is based around a fictitious pirate story which leads to the unlikely topic of reasoning about patterns in sequences of characters. Experiencing this concretely will help lay the foundation for understanding finite...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Operetta

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia site offers excellent information on the artform of the operetta, including its history, important contributors, and hyperlinked terms.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: History of Pirates

For Students 3rd - 8th
Piracy has been around since ancient times but was especially prevalent during the days of European exploration, and still occurs in some parts of the world. Learn some of the devious methods pirates used to overpower victim ships and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Saints, Snakes & Pirates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of St. Patrick, the man credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. A questions sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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BBC

Bbc News: Q&a: Somali Piracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Attacks on ships by Somali pirates has been on a steady rise. Who are the pirates? Why do they resort to hijacking ships? How do they manage to overtake and capture them? Why does it seem impossible to stop them? Does piracy affect...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: What Are Muscles?

For Students 1st - 3rd
This interactive module introduces young learners to the function of muscles by connecting them with pirate treasure. Learn about muscles and muscle identification, especially those muscles that help you really function. For each correct...
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Other

History Miami: History Mysteries: Student Activity Booklet [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th
A 20-page museum activity book on the history of South Florida. Many of the learning activities can be done on their own, as student reading materials are included in the booklet. Topics covered include the first native peoples, the days...
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Other

The Pirate King: Bartholomeu Dias

For Students 4th - 8th
The first European to see the stormy Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa was Bartholomew Diaz (or Dias), a courageous Portuguese sea captain and explorer. Diaz was one of the great Portuguese seamen who helped find the...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Robert Michael Ballantyne's The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: Privacy Pirates

For Students K - 1st
Sail away on the open seas in order to protect your online privacy from the privacy pirates. This animated game helps students become responsible digital citizens as they learn how to keep their personal information secure.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Is Sound?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students learn about sound vibrations, pitch, how frequency is measured, and about the recommended upper decibel limit of noise.

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