DOCUMENT RESUME ED 465 664 SO 033 792 AUTHOR Maxwell, Louise P.; Rosenberg, Jessica TITLE Save Our Ships. Save Our History[TM]. Teacher's Guide. INSTITUTION A&E Network, New York, NY. PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 17p.; Edited by Libby Haight O'Connell. AVAILABLE FROM A&E Television Networks, Attn: Community Marketing, 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017. Tel: 877-875-3276 (Toll Free); Fax: 212-551-1540; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/saveourships/. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Curriculum Enrichment; Heritage Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Intermediate Grades; National Standards; *Navigation; Seafarers; Secondary Education; Slavery; Social Studies; *United States History IDENTIFIERS Historical Preservation; *Naval History; *Ships ABSTRACT Maritime history is an important part of this country's past and provides a critical foundation for understanding the settlement and development of the North American continent over the past five centuries. Teachers, historians, and maritime experts have worked together to create this manual, providing educators with materials to incorporate the history of ships and other water crafts into courses in the arts, social studies, and science. This manual, prepared by the History Channel and directed toward children in grades 5 through 8, can be used as an introductory overview or as a separate lesson plan. Teachers, for example, could develop a unit to study clipper ships. There are three lessons: (1) "Ships across Time: An Overview"; (2) "Merchant Ships and the Slave Trade"; and (3) "Navigating the Seas." Each lesson contains questions for discussion and extended activities. The activities support national history standards. (Contains a glossary and lists Internet and print resources.) (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Save Our Ships. Save Our History. Teacher's Guide. A&ELibby Network, LouiseHaightJessica P. O'Connell,Rosenberg New Maxwell York, Editor NY. 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