Common Core

Ida Lewis Lighthouse Keeper

SOCIAL STUDIES/TECHNOLOGY – Learn about the history of women lighthouse keepers, five of whom worked in Rhode Island. […]

The Floating Freedom School

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning Objective: In the […]

Homeschool Highlights

Coming up with homeschool curriculum can be difficult. It helps if you let state standards guide you. At […]

Wind and its Impact on Ships

SCIENCE – Students will learn what causes wind, how scientists measure wind, and how it impacts ships. This […]

Immigration Then & Now

SOCIAL STUDIES – Learning through oral history and primary sources, students will compare early immigration via steamship with […]

Dimensional Analysis for Steamships

MATH/SCIENCE: Use steamship resources to learn this method for converting measurements. or Download the Lesson Plan Learning Objective: […]

Ship Shape

MATH/ART – Students will learn to identify shapes using steamship references. This lesson was written by Education Advisory […]

The Black Star Line

SOCIAL STUDIES: Learn about the difference between primary and secondary sources using the case study of the first […]

Immigration and Disease

SCIENCE – Learn about disease during the age of immigration to the United States. Learning Objective Use evidence […]

refrigeration on ships

Refrigeration on Ships

SCIENCE – This lesson plan introduces students to the history of refrigerated shipping and its impact on the […]

Aluminum Foil Boats

ENGINEERING – Try this experiment that can be used for science, engineering, or technology, or computer science. […]

Midpoint in Ocean Crossings

MATH – This lesson allows students to look at historical maps used in steamship travel to solve mathematical […]