Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada has been developed for youth in grades four to ten and their teachers.

Here you will find:

• 34 diverse lesson plans with curriculum outcomes (for social studies, math, science, music, visual arts, language arts and drama). The lessons link the collection of ship portraits, stories, interviews, songs and visual documentation of the "Age of Sail" found throughout the website. Many of the lessons have printable handouts and solution sets.
• "Ship Shares: A Game of Sailing Ships and Ownership" - a board game with instructions you can download and create in your classroom (for math, social studies, science, and especially developing skills to work independently and collaboratively!). Click on title to access game.

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• Ahoy Matey!! Pirate Wanted Posters by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 5 to 7)
• Block & Tackle by Jim Rideout (Grades 4 to 6)
• Classes of Sailing Vessels by Jim Rideout (Grades 4 to 6)
• Contemporary Figureheads by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 5 to 7)
• Conversions at Sea by Andrew Moffat (Grades 7 to 8)
• Group Portraits: Then and Now by Brenda Porter (Grades 4 to 5)
• Model Sails: Investigating Sails of Tall Ships by Sarah Dickson (Grades 7 to 8)
• New Ship For the Old World by Mike Mifflin (Grades 7 to 9)
• Organic Vessels by Karen Stentaford (Grades 7 to 9)
• Personalized Masts by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 4 to 6)
• Planning a Voyage by Andrew Moffat (Grades 5 to 6)
• Recycled Sailing Vessels by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 4 to 10)
• Rolling Out the Sea by Karen Stentaford (Grades 6 to 8)
• Sailing Vessel Contour Creations by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 6 to 8)
• Sailing Vessel Installations by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 8 to 10)
• Sailing Vessel Postcards by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 7 to 9)
• Sailors Work Songs: Shanties by Jim Rideout (Grades 4 to 6)
• Scurvy at Sea: Researching and Writing About Vitamin C Deficiency by Kathleen Connor (Grades 5 to 6)
• Secrets Beneath the Waters by Kay Weprin (Grades 8 to 9)
• Sextant Measurements by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 6 to 8)
• Ship Breaking by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 7 to 7)
• Ship-Fish or Fish-Ship by Karen Stentaford (Grades 4 to 5)
• Signal Flags by Jim Rideout (Grades 4 to 6)
• Simply Similar at Sea: Simple Triangles by Sarah Dickson (Grades 10 to 10)
• Still Movement by Karen Stentaford (Grades 7 to 10)
• Stormy Sailing by Brenda Porter (Grades 4 to 6)
• Sunken Jell-O Ships by Sarah Dyan Robertson (Grades 5 to 6)
• Take Heed, Scurvy Dogs! by Willie Reid (Grades 4 to 6)
• The Age of Sailing Songs by Kathleen Connor (Grades 5 to 6)
• The Economics of Conflict by Mike Mifflin (Grades 7 to 7)
• The Inside Current by Mike Mifflin (Grades 8 to 8)
• The Sound of Calm by Willie Reid (Grades 4 to 6)
• Tonnage by Jim Rideout (Grades 4 to 6)
• Workers on Sea and on Land by Brenda Porter (Grades 6 to 7)

All Teachers Resources were developed in consultation with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Educator, the Age of Sail Education Consultant and written by a team of practicing educators from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Ontario and Ohio. Read Writers Biographies here.