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Nautical Curriculum
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Gus Book & Curriculum Guide Workbook
As an old man Bos'n Ture 'Gus' Alvegren relates
his life at sea to a young boy
and passes on the meaning of team work, loyalty and duty
in this exciting nautical book.
Replete with 118 nautical photographs and illustrations,
British Board of Trade and Swedish certificate books, lyrics to Guss favorite sea chanties,
CD nautical chart, and more.
home schooling curriculum
Long before the advent of today's sophisticated technology used in navigation,
and meteorology, sailors had to rely on paper and pencil math and orally passed on
traditions to predict weather, ocean currents and navigation.
This high interest story presents those skills passed on from an old sailor to a young boy.
Learn the 'secret of the sea'
with this story book & teaching aid
suitable for upper elementary and high school
learn about the science of sailing; mathematics, science, geography and music of the merchant marine
and much more with this accompanying comprehensive curriculum workbook
255 page 'Gus of his Royal Majesty's Merchant Marine'
&
174 page workbook of nautical instructional exercises designed for
self study and home education
both for $39.95 + $9.50 S & H
Lesson Plan
Subject: Mathematics
Learning Objective: Determining Area of Working Sails (in square feet)
WORKSHEET ON PAGE 141
To determine the amount of surface a sail contains it is necessary to find the square footage of the sail. To do this you need to know the height and width of each sail and compute that area into square feet. (height times width = area) In the case of triangular shaped sail you determine the square footage by multiplying the base, the length of the bottom of the sail by one-half the height of the sail, the distance from the base to the top of the sail. ( base times 1/2 height.= area). On Spanker sails and other odd shape sails you need to break them down into squares and triangles and then measure them individually and add together.
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The Flying Cloud was one of the fastest sailing ships in the world. It could sail from New York around Cape Horn to
San Francisco in 89 days. She was able to make her speed because of the area of her working sails.
Sail Foremast Main ________ Mizzen
Main sail 1,820 2,460
Crossjack (lowermost sail on mizzen) 1,456
Topgallant 1,700 1,392 720
Royal 494 672 288
Skysail 260 330 176
Topmost Staysail 780 960 350
Topgallant Staysail 616 348
Royal Staysail 627
Inner jib 990
Outer jib 1104
Flying jib 882
Spanker 1404
Spencer (a large gaff sail) 648
(gaff = spar rising from the mizzen mast)
TOTAL 9460 10,153 6042
Total Area in Square Feet of Sail 25,655'
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Lesson Plan
Subject: Social Studies
Learning Objective: understanding the historical perspective of the late nineteenth and twentieth century
Specific Instruction Steps:
1- research impact of industrialization on commerce and trade2- role of sail ships in world trade
3- advent of steam power and steel hulled vessels
4- expansionism as a European goal and its impact
5- causation of World War 1
6- impact on world commerce and shipping
7- blockades and other naval strategies
8- naval powers during this period
9- the convoy system in merchant shipping
10- evolution of maritime technology and its new role
11- the canal system and its impact on world shipping
12- the emerging submarine and its impact on merchant shipping during the war
13- identify allied and axis powers during this conflict
14- the role of the United States in entering the war
Material Needed: text, research, library
Student Assessment: report writing, essay questions, chapter study questions
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Gus of his Royal Majesty's Merchant Marine & Curriculum Guide workbook
written by Dr. Paul G. and Edith Lyman-Shafiroff
ISBN: 9780979428814
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2007902071
Merchant Naval Association
