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Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages

An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life

by Valerie Petrillo
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Children are fascinated with sailing ships, lighthouses, whaling, shipwrecks, and mutinies, and these 50-plus activities will provide them with a boatful of fun. This activity guide shows kids what life was like for the greenhands, old salts, and captains on the high seas during the great age of sail in the 19th century: aboard square-riggers, clippers, whalers, schooners, and packet ships. Life aboard ship was an exciting subculture of American life with its own language, food, music, art, and social structure. Children will learn that many captains brought their wives and children aboard ship, and that kids who learned how to walk at sea often found it difficult to walk on dry land. The book begins with the China Tea trade in the late 18th century and ends with the last whaler leaving New Bedford in 1924. Kids will create scrimshaw using black ink and a bar of white soap; make a model lighthouse using a bike reflector, an oatmeal box, and a plastic soda bottle; and paint china with traditional designs using a blue paint pen and a basic white plate. Included are additional simple activities requiring common household objects that are sure to please busy parents and teachers alike.

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    September 28, 2012

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      • ISBN: 9781613742730

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      • ISBN: 9781613742730
      • File size: 3423 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      December 1, 2003
      Gr 4-8-This activity book is illustrated with black-and-white drawings and historical reproductions. Chapters include "A Sailor's Life for Me!"; "There She Blows! The Whalers"; "The Sea Traders"; "Land Ho! Foreign Ports"; and "Homeward Bound: American Seaport Towns." While many of the crafts do support the chapter headings, others are only tangentially related. In the chapter on whalers, the only pictures presented to illustrate the whales are poorly rendered line drawings. The maps are also hand drawn and cluttered with text. Teachers may find some of the craft ideas useful, but overall, this is a haphazard effort. Libraries looking for historical activity guides might try David C. King's "American Kids in History" series (Wiley).-G. Alyssa Parkinson, Highland Township Library, MI

      Copyright 2003 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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