Learners explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They listen to and then repeat /sh/ tongue twisters. They listen for and identify /sh/ words in 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' by Dr. Seuss.

Young scholars discover the definition of a Pioneer, when the largest groups of people of African descent came to Nova Scotia, and what materials and resources were brought with them to establish a new life.

Students apply mathematical skills to solve problems using data brought in by the Navy speaker. They use critical thinking skills to create their own story problems. Students exchange story problems among students to analyze and try to...

Third graders explore, examine and identify the importance of the arrival of Africans and women to the Jamestown settlement. They review the groups of people in Virginia during the early 1600s and explain how having a government brought...

Students create historical stories based on factual evidence. In this Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us lesson, students write historical stories using strategies such as characters, plot, setting, and voice. Students analyze several...

Students will examine a manuscript page from a Flemish bestiary and discuss how it was used to teach ideas about Christianity. In this Christianity lesson plan students study the given manuscript and then compare the stories from the...

In this explosions worksheet, students review some of the most powerful explosions that have taken place around the world throughout history. This worksheet has 17 short answer questions.

Students study "The Ebb-Tide", an original drama based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson."The Ebb-Tide", like many of Stevenson's works, is a nautical adventure combining mystery, murder and memorable char

America on the Move tells the story of containerization-the technological and operational revolution that transformed the way cargos are loaded and moved among ships, trains, and trucks. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how the...

This online book for younger readers tells pitfalls of sailing on a New England whaling ship. Although a cartoon format, it contains valid and useful information about whaling in New England.

Description and pictures of what was found on the shipwreck, the Henrietta Marie. This ship contained many important objects from the early years of the slave trade.

Containers-steel boxes stuffed with goods-and the systems for transferring them between ships, trucks, and trains transformed commercial shipping. Containerization streamlined freight handling and slashed the cost of transporting cargoes...

Sir Harold Evans discusses the invention that changed the way we ship things across the world, containerization. [4:47]

The Smithsonian's maritime collections contain many objects relating to the steamship Leviathan, the largest American passenger ship of the 1920s and 1930s. View these mementos originally preserved by passengers and crew to remember...

This website contains pictures and descriptions of the Middle Passage voyage. Click on Teacher's Guide for teacher resources.

While his name is relatively unknown today, this North Carolina trucker invented container shipping, a method now indispensable to the modern world of global trade.

This site contains historical information on the transportation of soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. It discusses the difficulties of moving so many soldiers to Cuba and the Philippines.

This site from Creative Quotations contains a variety of quotes from novelist and short-story writer Katherine Anne Porter. Includes quotes on reflecting, foraging, nurturing, and knuckling down.

This site, which is provided for by the Shippensburg University contains biographical information about Gordon Allport as well as an introduction to his teachings.

This site from the Arlington National Cemetery contains a memorial to the U.S.S. Maine, a ship that was sunk during the Spanish-American War. Includes some brief text, then a lot of pictures, and then some in-depth text.

This article provides an overview of the use of submarines in WWI with many images. Contains the first-person account of a U-Boat commander's attack on a ship.

This site from Air Art Nothwest is a publicity site for a painting about the Battle of the Coral Sea, but contains some interesting information about the battle.

This website contains information about Greenpeace and all of its the global activism. Provides multiple links including Greenpeace ships, worldwide contacts and international photo and video library.

This site from the Arlington National Cemetery contains a memorial to the U.S.S. Maine, a ship that was sunk during the Spanish-American War. Includes some brief text, then a lot of pictures, and then some in-depth text.