Internet Workshop



Internet Workshop

National Geographic: Pirates of the Whydah

Follow the clues to navigate you way through the Pirates of the Whydah website. Answer the questions as you travel along! Be on the lookout for lost pirates!!

1. Read the introduction page and answer the following questions:

a. Where did the Whydah sink?

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b. When did it sink?

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c. Who was the captain?

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d. What happened to the captain and his crew?

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2. Click on Captain Sam Bellamy – located along the bottom of the screen. Answer the following questions.

a. Why did Bellamy set out to look for fortune?

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b. Why did Bellamy become a pirate?

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c. How did Bellamy and his men get the Whydah?

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d. Where did the Whydah’s money come from?

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e. How do you feel about money produced from this type of sale?

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3. Click on Mystery Medicine Man. Answer the following questions after reading the selection.

a. What did the ship’s ‘medicine man’ or doctor do when something was infected? Why?

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b. Click on the words “the answer was often just to cut if off”. What were some examples of items that replaced cut off limbs? (YUCK!!)

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c. Why do people think that the Whydah’s medicine man turned pirate?

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4. Click on Old Dog, New Tricks. Answer the following questions after reading the selection.

a. How was Joseph Rivers different from other pirates?

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b. Click on “Others snared their loot”. How was the captured loot split on a pirate ship? Why did the captain get an extra share?

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