Grade Level: 9-12

Discipline & Flogging in the Navy

Fill-in-the-Blank Sailor Stories

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.

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

Compass Card

William Bainbridge’s Bottle

Wine Decanter

Popular War of 1812 Era Songs & Sources

How Many Sailors Can Sleep at the Same Time?

Hammock Plan from 1794

Sailor Story: Surgeon Amos Evans

Ship’s Surgeon: Illness and Injury aboard Naval Ships

Medicine in 1812

A Healthy Constitution: Dr. Amos Evans, Surgeon, U.S. Navy

Mid-19th Century Medicine Chest and Pamphlet

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

The Real Thing: Ship’s Biscuit

All Hands Shorten Sail Ahoy!

Boatswain’s Pipe

Reefing Topsails, 1832

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