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For Teachers:

    About Captain Mac
Suggested Ages / Grades
Age 10 (Grade 5) and up. 
Enrichment Activities
Field trip or web visit to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.

Search online for "Schooner Bowdoin." There are many sites, including http://news.mainemaritime.edu/bowdoin.php
            and http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/biographies/bowdoin.shtml.

Check for Donald B.MacMillan in National Geographic. Many libraries have back issues or CDs of the magazine. 

Curriculum Connections
Main curriculum strands: English Language Arts, History, Ecology, Science and Technology.
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Content Areas
Standards
    • English Language Arts Process of Reading
Literature and Culture
Informational Texts
     • Modern and Classical Language Cultural Practices, Products and Perspectives
     • Science and Technology Ecology
Continuity and Change
The Earth
Implications of Science and Technology
     • Social Studies: History Chronology
Historical Knowledge, Concepts, and Patterns
     • Social Studies: Geography Skills and Tools
Human Interaction with Environments
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