Guest Author - Meg Grooms

Argh Matey! Sail the high seas with these great pirate themes!
From crafts for the younger mates to recreating trade routes for the older ones, everything you need to create your own pirate study for very little treasure is right here!

As always, parents please scan books and sites for content before giving to your children.


Recommended Books for elementary students:

The Dragon of Lonely Island (specifically the Jamie Pritchett story) - Rebecca Rupp
Maggie and the Pirate - Ezra Jack Keats
Grandma and the Pirates - Phoebe Gilman
Penelope and the Pirates - James Young

Recommended Books for middle and high school students:
Dark Frigate - Charles Boardman Hawes
Pirate’s Promise - Clyde Bulla
Piracy in the Ancient World - Henry Ormerod


Recommended Ideas & Websites

Make a treasure chest
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/box/treasurechest/index.shtml

Sir Francis Drake - pirate or pioneer?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/drake.shtml

Make a cardboard castle fit for pillaging & plundering!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Boxcastle.shtml

Printable pirate crafts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Boxcastle.shtml

Pirate Arts & Crafts
http://www.childfun.com/themes/pirate.shtml

Pirate Ghosts
http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/pirates/pirates.html

History of Pirates
http://www.piratesinfo.com/

The Pirate Flag
http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/CAC/pirates/life.htm

Dead Men Tell No Tales - The Pirate's Life
http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/lennon/897/

The Whydah Expedition (a sunken pirate ship)
http://www.whydah.com/

Make a pirate cake
http://family.go.com/recipes/special/cake/cake_pirateship/

Pirate Ringold's Missing Treasure (Pirate math)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/pirate/

Buried Treasure Math
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson143.shtml