Hello Tricounty History Detectives!!
Mrs. Reliford, Mrs. Fleming and I are excited to learn about the spring semester topics. This is a fascinating time in history. Class time will include lots of hands-on activities!! We are looking forward to lots of learning and FUN!
We will cover the following topics from Story of the World volume 3:
1. Chapter 22 American Revolution
2. Chapter 24 Captain Cook
3. Chapter 32 Lewis and Clark
4. Chapter 27 Industrial Revolution
5. Chapter 38 Trail of Tears
6. Chapter 42 Gold Rush
If you do not have Story of the World, checking out books from the library related to the topics listed is an option.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Captain Cook
Captain Cook was a great British Explorer. He was known for being a great Captain, who kept his men healthy.
Captain Cook discovered many lands for England. This is Hawaii. He discovered these islands but the people did not like him.
This is another land that Captain Cook discovered. Australia! His men were so amazed by the land and the animals. They discovered the Kangaroo in Australia. They had never seen an animal like this. Captain Cook also wrote in his journals that it tasted very good.
Captain Cook was a great British Explorer. He was known for being a great Captain, who kept his men healthy.
Here is Captain Cook's ship, it was called the Endeavour. If you were a sailor on the Captain's ship you would have to keep things very clean. 
You would have to work very hard. He would also make you eat dry biscuits, salted pork and sauerkraut.
He would make you eat sauerkraut because it has vitamin C and you need
Vitamin C when you are a sailor. If a sailor didn't have enough Vitamin C
- he would get a disease called Scurvy. Captain Cook never had a sailor
die of Scurvy.
You would have to work very hard. He would also make you eat dry biscuits, salted pork and sauerkraut.
He would make you eat sauerkraut because it has vitamin C and you need
Vitamin C when you are a sailor. If a sailor didn't have enough Vitamin C
- he would get a disease called Scurvy. Captain Cook never had a sailor
die of Scurvy.
Captain Cook discovered many lands for England. This is Hawaii. He discovered these islands but the people did not like him.
This is another land that Captain Cook discovered. Australia! His men were so amazed by the land and the animals. They discovered the Kangaroo in Australia. They had never seen an animal like this. Captain Cook also wrote in his journals that it tasted very good.
TALK LIKE A SAILOR ON CAPTAIN COOK'S SHIP Lets pretend your a sailor! Sailor's use different words to describe things on a ship:
You would call someone that lives on land a LANDLUBBER. It the Captain wanted you to clean the ship , he would say MATEY, SWAB THE DECK!!! If you got hungry and wanted to eat you would go eat on the MESS DECK. That is what the sailor called the dining room.
Extra Credit
1. Try sauerkraut. Write down what you thought of it and if you think you could eat it day after day.
2. Go to this website http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03.htm and chose 5-10 sailor terms to share with the class.
3. List animals that only live in Australia
4. List 10 other foods that contain Vitamin C
5. Complete the Captain Cook crossword I sent in the email.
You would call someone that lives on land a LANDLUBBER. It the Captain wanted you to clean the ship , he would say MATEY, SWAB THE DECK!!! If you got hungry and wanted to eat you would go eat on the MESS DECK. That is what the sailor called the dining room.
Extra Credit
1. Try sauerkraut. Write down what you thought of it and if you think you could eat it day after day.
2. Go to this website http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03.htm and chose 5-10 sailor terms to share with the class.
3. List animals that only live in Australia
4. List 10 other foods that contain Vitamin C
5. Complete the Captain Cook crossword I sent in the email.
American Revolution: Who are these people? ( due Feb 1)
Who is Paul Revere? click on this link http://www.earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm
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Who is Molly Pitcher? To find the answer click here http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm Then find Molly Pitcher and click on her picture.
Who is Benedict Arnold? Click here http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm
Then find Benedict Arnold and click on his picture.
Click here to read a poem about Paul Revere
http://www.nationalcenter.org/PaulRevere%27sRide.html
The following links are to a Liberty Kids episode entitled The Midnight ride. There are 3 parts to the episode.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Extra Credit Options
1. Write a paragraph about the Sons of Liberty
2. Go to this website http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm Chose a person from this page and do a report on them.
3. Come to co-op dressed as someone from the American Revolution
4. Draw a picture of a battle of the American Revolution
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