Mary Morton Cowan, For Teachers-Captain Mac

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. Meet MacMillan and his explorer friends at the museum.
Search online for "Schooner Bowdoin." There are many sites, including
http://bowdoin.mma.edu/ 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.
View one of MacMillan's interesting photos of the midnight sun. Read about one aspect of Mac's 1923-24 expedition.

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts, Science and Technology, History, Geography, World Languages, Mathematics.

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Content Areas	Categories / Activities
• Language Arts	READING: biography of a notable American WRITING: book reports, journals, letters RESEARCH: resource notes, selected bibliography
• Science and Technology	Development of scientific research in 20th century Compare MacMillan's scientific research with today's methods Pioneering use of radio and aircraft in the Arctic Use of photography Compare the North Pole with the South Pole Naval architecture PHYSICAL SCIENCE: geology, weather, climate change, ice, magnetic poles, ionosphere LIFE SCIENCE: ecosystems, Arctic plants, animals, birds, taxidermy
• Social Studies: History	Chronology 1874-1970 World Wars I and II Arctic explorers and exploration Civil rights
• Social Studies: Geography	North America and Greenland The North Pole Mapping coastlines Oceans and land masses
• World Languages	Compare and contrast cultural practices and perspectives with our own (Inuit, Inughuit, Naskapi Innu)
• Mathematics	Recording and analyzing data

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