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Museum Entrance Story cover theme plot Press for Curator Research Room Welcome to the The Mary Celeste, 1872 Museum setting Story Room HF Room

Story Elements Insert story photo representing characters interactions Artifact 5 Interactions Insert story photo representing Character Traits & theme Artifact 6 Theme Room 2 Insert story photo representing other character’s perspective Artifact 7 Insert story photo representing historical fact from story Artifact 8 Historical Fact from Story Other Perspective Museum Entrance

Historical fact from story Museum Entrance Historical Fact Artifact 10 From Author’s Note Insert picture representing historical fact from author’s note Artifact 11 Historical Fact From Author’s Note Room 3 Insert primary source Artifact 12 Primary source Historical Facts Room Insert picture representing historical fact from author’s note

Research Room Historical Artifact 13 Fact From Author’s Note artifact Room 4 Other Historical Facts Picture representing other historical fact from research Artifact 15 Other Historical Fact Entranc e Historical Fact from story or author’s note Picture representing other historical fact from research Artifact 14 Museum Picture representing other historical fact from research Artifact 16 http: //www. history. com/news/ ask-history/what-happened-to -the-mary-celeste

Artifact 1 Setting/ Point of View • The story is told in first person. The 12 -year old girl is researching about a missing ship, The Mary Celeste. The ship sailed on the Atlantic Ocean during 1872. Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 2 Story Plot The girl views the situation in the beginning by the Mary Celeste mystery being a solvable mystery. The story goes back to 1872. The caption of the Dei Gratia spotted the May Celeste 600 miles away. The people on the ship Dei Gratia went over to the Mary Celeste and inspected it. When they went on the ship, they saw no one. Everyone disappeared off the ship. When Devau was in a room of the Mary Celeste he saw the chronometer, sextant, navigation book, the register were missing. What was missing on the ship was what the Mary Celeste crew needed to find their way around the sea. They also found the log opened to the date of November 25 th at 8: 00 am. Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 3 Book Citation & Author’s Style The Mary Celeste, Jane Yolen and Heidi Yolen Stemple, 1999. Time shift stories, in which a modern character is transported, back in time or a historical character is transported to the present. Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 4 Theme She found out some mysteries cannot be solved Return to Room

Artifact 5 Character Interactions • Through the story, we learned about history. About how they lied in the newspaper. In addition, when ships are found abandoned another captain who finds it can sell the goods, but they needed a court order. When the Dei Gratia found the Mary Celeste, they brought the ship back to sell the goods. Return to Room

Artifact 6 Character Traits & Theme • Some of the girl’s traits are focused on her work, hardworking, and determined. She found out some mysteries cannot be solved (theme). She is focused since she took time and effort to research. The girls is hardworking since she looked in books and on the internet to find out what happened to the Mary Celeste. In addition, she is determined because she wants to keep investigating because she thinks it is fun and interesting. Return to Room

Artifact 7 Other Character’s Perspective If another character told the story, the author would pick Devau as another character. The author would pick him because of what he saw on the ship. Devau saw what was missing and what was left on the Mary Celeste. In addition, he could tell what happened to the Mary Celeste. Also he would tell what he thought when he saw the Mary Celeste when he first found it. devau Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 8 Historical Fact from the Story In the story it states that they lied in the newspaper. The historic fact from the story is true. The facts that prove the information is true are: • In 1884 J. Habakuk Jephson’s sensationalistic account, printed in Cornhill magazine set off waves of theorizing about the ships fate. o Smithsonian. com Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 9 Historical Fact from the Story In the story it states that. The Dei Gratia found the mary celeste. They saw the mary celeste 600 miles from Portugal. The historic fact from the story is true. The facts that prove that the information in the story is true are: • According to the last entry in the ships log book the Mary Celeste was within sight of the Azones island of Santa Maria, some 500 miles from where the Dia Gratia would find it nine days later. • An Island in the Azones is nearly 400 miles from where the Mary Celeste was found. o o History. com Unsolved History from History Enigmatic Events Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 10 Historic Fact from Author’s Note undamaged off the coast of Portugal by the Dei Gratia. The historic fact from the story is true. The facts to prove the information is true are: On November 7, 1872, Benjamin Briggs sailed the Mary Celeste out of New York Harbor. December 5, the crew of the Dei Gratia sighted the Mary Celeste. o Unsolved History Enigmatic Events Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 11 Historical Fact from Author’s Note In the authors note it states that bad weather whirlpools-even icebergs were said to have damaged the Mary Celeste or frightened the crew to abandon the ship. The historic fact from the story is false. The facts to prove the information in the story is false are: A waterspout blew off the hatch covers and dumped so much water into the hold that men thought the ship was sinking. The barrels of alcohol gave off a flammable fumes and fearing explosion, they abandoned the ship. Rough seas and clogged on board pump could have led Briggs to order the ship abandoned shortly after sighting land on November 25, 1872. o Unsolved History Enigmatic Events – History. com/Maryceleste Return to Room

Artifact 12 Primary Source This is the Mary Celeste's log of when it left New York’s harbor on November 25 th at 8: 00 AM 1872. This relates to the story because it states year, date, and time the Mary celeste left and never came back. Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 13 Historical Fact from Story or Author’s Note In the story it states that they brought the Mary Celeste back to sell goods from it. The only thing was that they needed a court order. The historic fact from the story is true. The facts that prove that the information in the story is true are: According to the last entry in the ships log book, made that morning Mary Celeste was within sight of the Azones island of Santa Maria, some 500 miles from where the Dia Gratia would find it nine days later. An island in the Azones, nearly 400 miles from where the Mary Celeste was found. o History. com o Unsolved History from History Enigmatic Events Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 14 Other Historical Facts • There was no sign of the captain, his family, or crew. There was nobody at the wheel or anywhere above decks. • Unsolved History Enigmatic Events o. History. com/Mary. Celeste To learn more about the Mary Celeste: www. history. com/ask-history-what-happened-to-the-Mary. Celste Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 15 Other Historical Facts Onboard were the ship’s captain, Benjamin S. Briggs, his wife, Sarah and their 2 year old daughter, Sofia, along with eight crew members. The Mary Celeste had a shadowy past. Unsolved History Enigmatic Events o. History. com/Mary. Celeste Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 16 Other Historical Facts The ship seemed ill-fated almost from the day it was launched in 1861. The Mary Celeste should have been sailing southeast, but when the crew of the Dei Gratia spotted her, she was heading the opposite direction. Unsolved History Enigmatic Events o. History. com/Mary. Celeste Googleimages. com Return to Room

Artifact 17 Our Artifact The artifact that represents the story and the time period is a boat because it represents the Mary Celeste. The artifact represents the story because it is about an abandoned ship where the crew was never found. Image acquired at: Place URL here Return to Room

Curator Names Were in 5 grade Mr. s Herp’s class we are Khelsea, Addy, Destiny and we made this project. Addy likes pizza, puppies, and anything food. Destiny likes bunnies. And last but not least I like soft ball, foot ball, dogs, and pizza Note: Virtual museums were first introduced by educators at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, Pennsylvania. This template was designed by Dr. Christy Keeler based on one of the sample virtual museums provided by the Keith Valley staff at ISTE’s NECC 2005. Contact Dr. Keeler for more information about virtual museums or visit http: //christykeeler. com/Educational. Virtual. Museums. html Return to Room