Join us for this fact vs. fiction program about treasure ships and pirates from the 17th century to the present. Find out how scientists rediscovery these treasures and what they tell us about the people, places and events of that time.
Preconference Activity:
In order to maximize student engagement, they shoul have some firm connections to the characterization of pirates across two or more sources. Students should bring a list describing their perceptions of pirates. See Curriculum Connections section for suggested resources.
Suggested Followup Activity
Build a graphic novel page that summarizes the presentation and makes connections to other literature prompts used as curriculum connections...suggested tool read*write*think comic creator
Curriculum Objectives:
Language Arts
Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding (4. 3, 5.3C, 6.3C, 7.3C, 8.3A, 8.3C)
Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity (3.29, 4.27, 5.27, 6.26, 7. 26, 8.26)
Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes (6.17D, 7.17D, 8.17D)
Social Studies
Science, technology, and society. The student understands how individuals have created or invented new technology and affected life in various communities around the world, past and present. (3.16B, 4.20, 5.23, 6.20, 7.20)
Curriculum Connections:
Pirates appear across many well known text and video sources.
The recent film is based on three graphic novels from The Adventures of TinTin series. The Secret of the Unicorn describes how Tintin comes across a model ship and—after many close calls and danger-defying escapades—manages to unlock its secret. RedRackham's Treasure, a journey filled with surprising twists and turns, tells of the expedition launched by Tin Tin and Captain Haddock to find treasure.
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