Ahoy there, Matey!

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Ahoy there, Matey!
Treasure Island A Web quest for 7th grade
Cougars at Kerr Middle School

• Welcome to the pirate world!

Designed by Lisa Pilgrim 2007 lpilgrim_at_burlesoni
sd.net
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Treasure Island Pirates!
Here there be pirates! Who are the scurvy lot?
Below are some of the most famous, or rather,
infamous pirates of the golden age of piracy.
Choose one and answer the questions in your data
chart. When you are ready to research your
chosen pirate, enter at the link at the bottom of
this page. Edward Teach Stede Bonnet Anne
Bonny Mary Read Bartholomew Roberts Calico Jack
Rackham Samuel Bellamy Henry Morgan Thomas
Tew Edward England Woodes Rogers Henry Avery
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Pirate flag on the horizon!
Time to learn to recognize the signature of a
pirate his/her flag.
In the following exercise, you will learn about
pirate flags what they looked like, and what
they meant. Check your activities pack for more
information!
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The Captain and His Crew

• Using your data sheet, discover the various jobs
  on a ship. You will need to read the whole page
  to find all of your answers. Aaaarrrrgh!

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Pirate Tools of Navigation
Mariners astrolabe
Quadrant
Compass
Sextant
Log line
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Feast or Famine
FOOD after clicking on icon and reading the
site, be sure to click on the purple link in the
second line that says food.

• Hard Tack
• Salmagundi

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The Small, but Mighty Worm

• One of the biggest enemies to ships, weren't
  pirates or Naval officers, but worms! The teredo
  worms (mollusks) infest tropical waters and like
  to make their homes in the wood of a ship's hull.
  The worms have shells that remain after the
  critter has moved on and these shells, like
  barnacles, build up to rob a ship of her speed
  and seaworthiness. A ship had to be coated with a
  mixture of tar, tallow and sulfur two or three
  times a year to prevent these sorts of pests.
  Also, a ship with such pests would have to be
  careened to regain her speed and agility. It was
  during careening that pirates sometimes met up
  with an adversary hoping for such a state of
  ill-preparedness.
• http//www.inkyfingers.com/pyrates/ships/index.htm
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Pirate Weapons!
It was important for pirates to have a large
number of assorted weapons to defend themselves
while gaining their plunder. It was essential to
be heavily armed in a fight for a prize ship, but
even better to have the opposing crew surrender
without much of a fight in fear. The types of
weapons used by pirates were the same as those
commonly used by other seafarers of the times,
and since pirates were basically sea robbers,
most of their weapons were stolen from their
victims. Few pirates sailed large warships with
dozens of cannons. Most preferred a small fast
ship with fewer of these big guns. The weight of
cannons and cannon balls could slow a ship down,
so many pirates used sangrenel (a bag of small
pieces of scrap iron) instead.
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Pirate Punishments (Oh No!)
Keel Hauling This punishment was often
equivalent to a death sentence. It involved
tying the condemned mans hands and feet with
rope, and then dragging him through the water
from one side of the ship to the other. Since
the keel of the ship was covered with razor-sharp
barnacles, he would be scraped against them,
tearing and slashing the flesh. Often the victim
would drown, be eaten by sharks, or would die
from infection of his wounds.
Flogging The most common of punishments among
pirates involved lashes from a whip called a
cat-o-nine-tails. The cat had nine tails of
leather knotted with wood, metal, and even fish
hooks. The guilty man was tied to the mast or to
the deck grating and usually received a dozen
stripes, although some crimes rated two strokes
from each crew member. Bad news if there were
100 or more. The raw wounds would be doused with
vinegar and salt or sea water.
Marooning This punishment was usually reserved
for cowardice or cheating on shares of plunder.
It involved desertion on a small island. Often
these islands would be under water with high
tide, thus causing drowning or worse (eek
shark). The governor of an island would be
left with a gun, gun powder, a bottle of rum or
water, and one round of shot. Death by
dehydration, exposure to the elements, or
starvation were options if the pistol was not
used for suicide. Suicide was widely believed to
condemn one to eternal damnation. Oddly enough
pirates were concerned about that.
Other punishments involved dueling, sword fights,
hanging, and being clapped in iron chains.
Hanging was also called dancing the hempen jig.
Being clapped in iron chains might mean chained
in the hold of the ship or to the mast and left
in sun and rain, subject to abuse by the crew.
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Well, Shiver Me Timbers!
No self-respectin pirate would ever be without
his ship. An you cant sail a ship withou
knowin her parts. So, come on aboard, and learn
the ropes and the sails of me pretty vessel.
On your diagram, identify each of the following
parts by number. If you expect to sail with the
pirate crew, youll need to know these
names. Sails Rigging and Spars Main
Sail Main Mast Top sails Top
Masts Jib Fore sail Mizzen Mast Bowsprit Hul
l Captains Cabin Rudder Bulkhead Hatch Keel
Hold Forecastle Deck Quarter Deck Main
Deck Bulwarks Hull Forecastle
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• Additional Activities on the Internet

Treasure map
Poster
Poetry
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Thats all, you scurvy dog!

• Enjoy your journey with Jim through his trials in
  Treasure Island.
• Web quest by Mrs. Lisa Pilgrim, librarian
• Kerr Middle School
• Burleson ISD, Burleson, TX
• lpilgrim_at_burlesonisd.net