Sailors, Whalers, Fantastic Sea Voyages An Activity Guide to North American Sailing Life

by Petrillo, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9781556524752
• ISBN10: 1556524757
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Time Line	viii
Introduction	xi
A Sailor's Life for Me!	1	(54)
Build a Shadow Box Ship	3	(10)
Make Dandyfunk	13	(13)
Make a Sailor's Tattoo	26	(2)
Be a Lookout	28	(4)
Make a Sea Chest	32	(2)
Collect Fresh Rainwater	34	(2)
Heave Ho! Make a Ship's Anchor	36	(2)
Create a Squeezebox	38	(2)
Dance the Sailor's Hornpipe	40	(4)
Cook Bean Soup	44	(4)
Make a Ditty Box	48	(4)
Perform a Play About King Neptune's Visit	52	(3)
There She Blows! The Whalers	55	(32)
Make a Whaleboat and Gear	68	(5)
Fix Plum Duff	73	(4)
Experiment with an Iceberg	77	(3)
Carve Scrimshaw	80	(2)
Make a Walking Stick	82	(2)
Keep a Logbook and Make a Whale Stamp	84	(3)
The Sea Traders	87	(46)
Make a Sewing Palm	94	(2)
Construct a Ship's Bell	96	(1)
Cook Lobscouse	97	(4)
Create Seaweed Pictures	101	(6)
Make a Chinese Plate	107	(3)
Prepare Chinese Tea	110	(1)
Cook a Deliciously Sweet Bird's Nest	111	(7)
Assemble a Lighthouse	118	(7)
Play the Morse Code Signal Game	125	(2)
Marlinspike: Making Sailor's Knots	127	(6)
Land Ho! Foreign Ports	133	(32)
Make a Maori Grass Skirt	135	(2)
Create an English Pedlar Doll	137	(3)
Craft an Inuit Mask	140	(3)
Play with Tangrams	143	(3)
Pretend to Carve a Soapstone Whale	146	(5)
Make a Chinese Junk	151	(2)
Create a Dragon Boat	153	(4)
Bake Bananas	157	(1)
String a Flower Garland	158	(1)
Play No'a: A Hawaiian Game	159	(1)
Play Kimo: Picking Up Stones	160	(1)
Design a Feather Cape	161	(2)
Make a Sailor's Valentine	163	(2)
Homeward Bound: American Seaport Towns	165	(24)
Cook New England Fish Chowder	167	(2)
Furl a Sail	169	(1)
Build a Wharf	170	(2)
Make a Barrel	172	(2)
Play Fox and Geese	174	(2)
Bake Boston Baked Beans	176	(1)
Pretend with a Ropewalk Game	177	(1)
Play Dominoes	178	(2)
Make a Figurehead	180	(2)
Drop Jack Straws	182	(1)
Cook Wampanoag Clam Casserole	183	(1)
Play Old Maid	184	(5)
Resources	189	(20)
Glossary	189	(2)
Bibliography	191	(4)
Maritime Museums	195	(4)
Historic Lighthouses	199	(6)
Seaworthy Movies	205	(2)
Web Sites	207	(2)
Index	209