Grade Level: 5-8

Fill-in-the-Blank Sailor Stories

Creative Writing: Sending the Message Home

Cooking Activity: Sailor Snack Time

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

Copper Bottomed Ship

Using a Compass & Cardinal Directions

Communication Aboard Constitution

Collection of Newspaper Articles about the Battle with HMS Java

What Floats Your Boat?

Making a Compass and Magnetic Attraction

Compass Card

Cardinal Points Game (advanced)

William Bainbridge’s Bottle

Wine Decanter

Popular War of 1812 Era Songs & Sources

Sailors Telling Time: Half Hour Glass

How Many Sailors Can Sleep at the Same Time?

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

Hammock Plan from 1794

Sailor Story: Surgeon Amos Evans

Ship’s Surgeon: Illness and Injury aboard Naval Ships

Medicine in 1812

Mid-19th Century Medicine Chest and Pamphlet

What’s in THIS? Guess the Ingredient