The first offshore Lighthouse EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE STORY The

The first offshore Lighthouse

EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE STORY The worlds first offshore lighthouse Don’t forget to make notes!

The ‘Douglas’ version of the Eddystone Lighthouses a Chance Brothers Optic

Henry Winstanley’s Lighthouse 1698 - 1703 The worlds first offshore lighthouse, Presented by Neil Oliver BBC (5. 58) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=TZKowr 6_F 3 I

Quiz Handout

The Lighthouse Links WE NEED YOUR HELP 1. You will act as professional investigative reporters to find out interesting information about stories from these amazing coastal landmarks. 2. We want this group to make contact with communities from a coastal location. We will help you to share your stories and discoveries through official newspaper press releases, articles, the library and exhibitions. We will also have an official website that will document your stories of lighthouses that house Chance glass optics. This website will be linked to Holly Lodge School. 3. We want you as ambassadors of this school to offer the official friendship of Holly Lodge School to a coastal lighthouse location. 4. As ambassadors you will pass on this duty to others so that they can offer further official friendships to other lighthouses in the years to come.

QUIZ – ANSWERS 1. Who perished in a storm that destroyed the first offshore lighthouse in 1703? __________________ 2. What was the lighthouse called? ______________ 3. What happened to Rudyard’s wooden lighthouse? (before Smeaton’s Lighthouse) ______________ 4. Smeaton’s lighthouse was built like a _____; locked together like a 3 D jigsaw. It was ______than the _____it was built on! It formed a ______that all lighthouse engineers worked to. 5. Smeaton’s lighthouse was rebuilt at ________ 6. Smeaton’s Lighthouse was rebuilt to ________ his achievements. 7. In total there have been ____ lighthouses on this site.

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