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Learning Activity 8-B-1: Local History Project
http://piratesandthechesapeake.wikispaces.com/

Learning Activity 3-D-2: Local Documents, Data, and Cartoons
Maryland State Archives - a comprehensive site that will have information on Chesapeake pirates, picaroons and privateers MD Historical Society - War of 1812 Collection - Joshua Barney, a local sea captain started out as a privateer on the Chesapeake and parlayed that activity to a commission in the navy during the War of 1812. Virginia Gazette - Many early Chesapeake pirates were brought to Virginia for trial. In fact, many of Blackbeards men were held in Williamsburg's goal while awaiting trial and death. [|Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum] - This modern day park is the site of a battle during the War of 1812 in which Joshua Barney took part. Letter to George Washington from former privateer asking for service appointment in the Navy = =

Learning Activity 4-D-1: Posters and Photographs
===**A new map of Virginia, Mary-Land, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey.**=== This map features the Chesapeak Bay. Students could use this to identify places where pirates might hide out or layway unsuspecting ships to plunder.

Learning Activity 5-D-1: Local Audio and Music
Music has been a part of maritime life since people have started sailing the seas. Pirates are essentially sailors and there is a lot of work to do on a ship. The following sea chanties are sung to help the pace of the work on board a ship. Some are songs any sailor would have sung and a few are about pirate exploits.

There are a few local (within Maryland) Chanty groups that perform these songs - the Ship's Company and The Pyrate's Royale. The first song was a song that is originally from the 1500's and not a true sea chanty. However, it was changed during the era of the Barbary Pirates which covers part of the period in which is being covered in this project. Part of this project focuses on the War of 1812 and Barbary Pirates were part of the cause of the War of 1812. The Coasts of High Barbary

This was a find! Captain Kidd was executed in London for piracy. He was captured not far from the shores of the Chesapeake. Below is a link to a song sheet from the 19th century based on Captain Kidd's dying words. The Dying Words of Capt. Robt. Kidd

No pirate song archive would be complete without the stereotypical "What Would You Do With A Drunken Sailor".

This song would have been sung at the end of every sailor's (and therefore pirate's) first month at see. See the side bar for the explanation to the title of the song. The Dead Horse

I like this recording because the old quality makes it sound like it was sung by sailors along the Spanish Main. Whiskey Johnny

In my reseach on Sea Chanties, this one comes up again and again as a stalwart of any chantymen group. This one is sung by the USCG Cadet singing group called the Idlers. Scroll down to the Old Timers Set List and click on: Spanish Ladies

Learning Activity 6-D-1: Local Video and Maps
What would Pirate lore be without Pirate maps? Unfortunately, few linger on to today except in movies. However, we can look at maps of the areas pirates plundered. It is especially important to look at maps from their point of view (or what view of the land they had because a lot of the new world was not charted yet.)

Both of the following maps are from the Library of Congress. This 1562 map shows elaborate detail for so early in the exploratory process, but is also a beautiful map.

John Smith was an early explorer of the Chesapeake and this map is his from 1606.

Pirate sightings and shenanigans have been reported on the Chesapeake for centuries. The following site has a great map locating pirate takings and sightings. It is a map that has been divided into two pieces for easier viewing and loading. []

The next map would show how close pirates would have thought the Chesapeake is from the Caribbean.

The following maps are not necessarily from a pirate raid in the Chesapeake, but one was made by a former Chesapeake privateer - Joshua Barney who became an commander during the War of 1812. The following two maps detail the battle on St. Leonard's Creek.

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