TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST ACADEMIC CARNIVALE TEACHING
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, ACADEMIC CARNIVALE TEACHING ABOUT RICHARD HENRY DANA
Richard Henry Dana was from the United States. He was a student at Harvard College in Massachusetts. He became a sailor and boarded the Pilgrim at Boston Harbor. That ship traveled south, around Cape Horn, then north to Alta California in order to trade with people in the foreign country of Mexico.
This is the brig’s shape. On a centimeter grid, it is 7 cm x 25 cm.
Taping the ship to scale on the gym floor, the Math works out pretty easy if the ship is 40 times larger than the picture. That will make it 10 meters long and 280 cm wide. Width: 12 m 10 cm Length: 13 m 50 cm Plan to build on part of this space, on Length = 10 m and Width = 280 cm. Presenter #3, Adler
Taping the ship to scale on the gym floor, the Math works out pretty easy if the ship is 40 times larger than the picture. That will make it 10 meters long and 280 cm wide. Width: 12 m 10 cm Length: 13 m 50 cm Plan to build on part of this space, on Length = 10 m and Width = 280 cm.
Taping the ship to scale on the gym floor, the Math works out pretty easy if the ship is 40 times larger than the picture. That will make it 10 meters long and 280 cm wide. Width: 12 m 10 cm Gym Exit, This way to Chumash Demo. Student 4 describes the people aboard, jobs, personality traits, what happens to them. Will create a board that shows dress, hierarchy. Length: 13 m 50 cm Adler (3) explains the grid layout of the ship, ship terms (aft, etc), and parts of the ship, forecastle, cabin quarters, etc. Plan to build on part of this space, on Length = 10 m and Width = 280 cm. Student 1 explains who Dana is, why he’s important, and the timeline in history. Timeline on poster compares CA history to U. S. history. Gym Entrance Student 5 explains the Alta CA economy, hide and tallow trade, how trade happened. They will use CA 3 -D Map and make board. Student 6 explains the group tasks on ship and equipment, hoisting sails and lugging hides, shanty songs used to help sailors work. Student 2 explains the route of Dana’s ship, longitude and latitude, challenges along way. Will use America’s map.
Adler, Person 3: Designing ship, directing students, and in presentation explaining plans (show in a folder) and explaining locations of ship and direction terms (show on a presentation board). Width: 12 m 10 cm Gym Exit, This way to Chumash Demo. Length: 13 m 50 cm Adler (3) explains the grid layout of the ship, ship terms (aft, etc), and parts of the ship, forecastle, cabin quarters, etc. Plan to build on part of this space, on Length = 10 m and Width = 280 cm. Gym Entrance
Nautical Terms
Person 1: Introduces who Richard Henry Dana is, why he decided to set sail and the importance of the book he wrote (merchant marine life and informing U. S. about Alta California). Compare CA History of Spain and Mexico to U. S. History using a timeline on a Width: 12 m 10 cm poster board (Like our timeline). Second poster board can show three maps of California, Exit, This way to tribes, Gym missions, rancho. Chumash Demo. Plan to build on part of this space, on Length = 10 m and Width = 280 cm. Length: 13 m 50 cm Student 1 explains who Dana is, why he’s important, and the timeline in history. Timeline on poster compares CA history to U. S. history. Gym Entrance
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