Discipline: Language Arts

Creative Writing: Sending the Message Home

Political Posteriors: Analyzing Primary Sources

Artwork depicting the battle between USS Constitution and HMS Java

Original letter from Royal Navy Captain John Marshall to William Phillips describing HMS Java‘s surrender to Constitution, dated April 10, 1813, with transcription

Original letter from Commodore William Bainbridge to George Harrison regarding his medal, dated October 28, 1817, with transcription

Constitution & Guerriere, by George Ropes, Jr.

Feeding 480 Mouths: Math Aboard Ship

Compare: A Sailor’s Diet in Weights and Measures

Using a Compass & Cardinal Directions

Communication Aboard Constitution

Collection of Newspaper Articles about the Battle with HMS Java

Making a Compass and Magnetic Attraction

William Bainbridge’s Bottle

Popular War of 1812 Era Songs & Sources

Hammock Plan from 1794

Eight Bells and All’s Well: Telling Time aboard Ship

Sailor Story: Surgeon Amos Evans

Mid-19th Century Medicine Chest and Pamphlet

Eat your Fruits and Vegetables!

What’s in THIS? Guess the Ingredient

Salty Talk: Sailor’s Sayings in Today’s English Language

Learn the Ropes!

All Hands Shorten Sail Ahoy!

Reefing Topsails, 1832

Working Music: Sea Chanties & Call-and-Response Poetry

Poetry and Songwriting: Broadside Poem

Reading Symbols

Medal for the Victory at the Battle of Lake Erie

Meet Jesse Williams: Returning Home Victorious Means Prize Money!

Essay on Captain Hull’s Urn