Piratical Internet Workshop

This Internet workshop will introduce you to PIRATES. You are invited to explore information on the Internet. Take notes in your Pirate Journal. Come prepared to share your information at our workshop session.

Please answer the following questions:

1.     Go to the bookmarks set for the following Web sites:

http://www.isd12.org/bhe/Archives/Activities/Pirates/Pages/General/pirates.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110360/history.htm

Explore the information on Pirates. In your words, what is a Pirate? What was it like to live like a pirate? Give at least 3 specific examples.

2.     Go to the bookmarks set for the following Web sites: http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/pirates/pirate1.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110360/index.htm

http://www.isd12.org/bhe/Archives/Activities/Pirates/Pages/General/pirates.html

http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/blindkat/pirates/diff.html

You will explore these sites and answer the following questions on your Data Retrieval Chart (DRC). This will help you keep the information organized.

Who were the pirates known as Buccaneers? How was their name derived? In other words, how did they get their name? What were their other nicknames? When and where did they live?

3.     Did you notice any differences in how the sites reported how the Buccaneers name was derived? Explain. Go back to your DRC and see if you can find information about the authors of each Web site. Please write that information under the heading “resources.” How did you know where to go to answer the questions about the authors of the sites? What helped you locate that specific information?

Write down the strategies you used to find the authors of the Web sites. After evaluating this information, how would you say the Buccaneer’s name was derived?

4.     Go to the bookmarks set for the following Web sites and read about privateers:

http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/MD/Lesson11/Lesson11_5.html

      http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/MD/Lesson11/Lesson11_11.html

        http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/blindkat/pirates/diff.html

Who were privateers? Who commissioned privateers? What is a Letter of Marque? Why were these letters issued? Do you think privateers were pirates, patriots, or both? Explain. Be ready to justify your response through a class debate.