In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Lesson Plan

Read “Chapter Six: The Plan,” “Chapter Seven: At Sea,” and “Chapter Eight: Centering Down.”

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

   Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7

   Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

3. 3

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