What Are We Learning Today?

What Are we Learning Today?

• To learn about some famous pirates • To think about life in the past Captain Blackbeard

• ‘Blackbeard’ was his nickname – his real name was probably Edward Teach • He lived about three hundred years ago • He is the most famous real pirate • He was very strong and very fierce • He was married fourteen times Captain Blackbeard

• He was mean and unkind even to his pirate crew! • He wore plaits in his hair so it looked like snakes were crawling on him. • He twisted smoking rope into his beard so he looked really scary. Captain Blackbeard

• He carried three pairs of pistols and a belt of daggers and cutlasses • The reward for catching him was once £100 • Lieutenant Maynard caught up with Blackbeard and they had a big battle • Maynard won the battle. Sir Henry Morgan

• Henry Morgan came from Wales • He was a pirate before Blackbeard • He started off attacking the Spanish boats for the King Charles II • Morgan was a good soldier but a very bad sailor. He kept losing his ships! One ship crashed on rocks and sank, another ship blew up! Black Bart

• Black Bart’s real name was Bartholomew Roberts • He was a pirate at about the same time as Blackbeard • He came from Wales • He was religious and wouldn’t fight on a Sunday • He stole from 400 ships • He was a pirate for less than three years – only a little bit longer than Blackbeard Calico Jack

• Calico Jack had this nickname because of his shirts were made from calico! • He wore fancy clothes and he was very handsome. His real name was Jack Rackham • He is famous for having two famous girl pirates on his ship • When the navy caught up with him, Calico Jack gave up without a fight! Anne Bonny • Anne Bonny was Calico Jack’s girlfriend • She left Ireland when she was a little girl and she ran away to be a pirate • Anne was friends with Mary Read . They were very brave and put up a fight until they were caught • No-one knows what happened to her. When Calico Jack, Anne and her friend Mary were caught, Anne was put in prison but she vanished from history! Mary Read • Mary grew up pretending to be a boy • She was working as a manservant when she ran away to be a soldier in the French army • She was caught by pirates and a woman pirate called Anne Bonny. They became friends and Mary decided to join them • Mary died in prison, after being caught by the Navy