On-Line Curriculum Outline

• Sailing Through Cyberspace with Pride: A get-acquainted-with-the-Internet lesson that gives those new to the net an opportunity to explore how it works before the voyage begins. Using the tools of the net, students will select a school in Asia that has its own home page.

• Shipmates: Teacher Aboard meets the crew and learns what it takes to sail a tall ship to Asia. Students pick a crew member to follow through the voyage

• Exploration!: A survey of explorers and adventurers across the Pacific. Students design a chart/tool to use on the voyage.

• Ship's Hold: Trade has been the economic glue between Baltimore and the East for centuries. Students compare the price of a Big Mac around the Pacific Rim and calculate the cost in local currency.

Dec 13:
Arrive Bermuda (4 days)

• Lead Story: Students form news team and focus on one of Pride II's Asian destinations. They follow the news and present a "newscast" to the class about that area later in the voyage when the ship arrives.

• From Marketplaces to Global Commerce: From local markets, to crossroads markets, to great metropolitan market cities (like Hong Kong and Canton), to commodities markets - people have always needed a place to trade. Students will pick a market or market place on Pride II's route to study.

• Winds Across the Sea: The "prevailing winds" have determined the patterns of human habitation and the course of exploration between peoples. The Teacher Aboard will help track the effects of the anticipated El Nino through data collection in the Pacific.

• Life in the Ocean: Life teams in the oceans and supports the food chain up through humans who, in turn, impact the production potential of this invaluable environment. This lessons introduces the regime of scientific data gathering onboard including: weather observations, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, total coliforms, chlorophyll, and biofilms on the hull. Students are encouraged to gather similar data from water resources in their area.

• My House - Your House: Houses tell a lot about people and how they live. Students will compare houses in urban, fringe, and rural area in Pacific Rim countries through web exploration. Classes will make models of different homes and create a classroom museum.

• Ports of Call: By using the web and other resources, students will make travel brochures or computer slide shows of one of Pride II's ports of call. Presentations will feature "must see" attractions and historical sites. Students will update their presentations with information and pictures the Teacher Aboard sends back during port calls to those cities.

• Where in the Ocean Are We?: This lesson will examine changing technology to determine position on the globe - from the development of a maritime chronometer to GPS. Students will use the Census' Bureau's web Gazetteer to find their own position.

• Watch It!: Follow the Teacher Aboard and the crew through one of the three daily "watches". Get to know the crew and get the real "scoop" on their jobs and lives while they all travel to Asia. Find out what it's like to sleep through a storm on a creaking boat, what the crew eats, what they all do for fun, and what they do every day to get the Pride from Maryland to Asia.

• Common Thread: Everybody wears clothes of some kind. But material, style, and decoration of even the most basic furnishings speak reams about how cultures differ around the world. After research at selected web sites, students will put on their own fashion show featuring the styles of Pride II's ports of call.

April 23:
Arrive Hong Kong (7 days)

• Currency Crisis!: This lesson examines the social and economic consequences of the dramatic drop in the value of the South Korean won and other Asian currencies.

• Oysters Everywhere: People along the Chesapeake Bay and in Asia have been "farming" oysters for generations. This lesson will look at the history and culture of oystering on the Chesapeake Bay, the importance of oysters to the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay, and whether the Pacific oyster should be introduced to the Chesapeake Bay .

May 23:
Arrive Keelung, Taiwan (4 days)

• One More For the Road: The lesson will provide a preview of other Asian ports of call and give suggestions for following the voyage during the summer recess

June 10:
Arrive Pusan, S. Korea ( 8 days)