Women and Minorities in Shipbuilding During the Second World War
Learning Objectives Rhode Island Social Studies Standards Inquiry Topic 4: World War II Compelling Question: Was the “good […]
Lesson Plan
Chinese and Japanese Immigration to America
Teaching Instructions: Rhode Island Social Studies Standards Common Core Standards Lesson Plan “Give me your tired, your poor, […]
Ida Lewis Lighthouse Keeper
SOCIAL STUDIES/TECHNOLOGY – Use this lesson plan for high school students OR as a teacher resource to simplify […]
The Holocaust, Jewish Refugees, and Steamships
SOCIAL STUDIES – Students will learn about the ways in which the United States and other Western countries […]
The Floating Freedom School
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning Objective: In the […]
The Art of Camouflage
As an art teacher, you may wonder how to bring history into your lesson plans. Why not teach […]
Immigration Then & Now
SOCIAL STUDIES – Learning through oral history and primary sources, students will compare early immigration via steamship with […]
Building Cryptosystems – Secret Messages
ENGINEERING – Learn how to make cryptosystems to encode and decode messages. The French passenger ship Lamoricie […]
Hudson River Line Food
MATH/SOCIAL STUDIES – This lesson allows students to view primary source materials and draw historical conclusions based on […]
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. […]
Trade Statistics
MATH – Use these statistics to calculate percent increase or decrease for mathematics. You can also use these […]
Merida Shipwreck
SOCIAL STUDIES / MATH – Use primary sources to calculate value of passenger’s personal items lost at sea. […]
Midpoint in Ocean Crossings
Education Standards Common Core: HSG-GPE.B.6: Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points […]