CONTENTS SCIENCE OF THE SHIP................................................................. 44 LESSON 15: WEATHER AND ITS PATTERNS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD .................. 44 LESSON 16: FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER ............................................................ 45 LESSON 17: CURRENTS .................................................................................................. 46 LESSON 18: RATE AND DISTANCE OF TRAVEL ............................................................. 47 LESSON 19: WHY DO SHIPS FLOAT? ............................................................................ 48 LESSON 20: IMMERSION FACTOR ................................................................................. 50
LIFE ON BOARD ............................................................................ 51 LESSON 21: LIFE ON BOARD ~ THE DAILY ROUTINE ................................................... 53 LESSON 22: PAYDAY ON THE U.S. BRIG NIAGARA ....................................................... 55 LESSON 23: SALTY TALK ................................................................................................ 56 LESSON 24: PROBLEM SOLVING AND DAILY LIVING ................................................... 59 LESSON 25: COLONIAL FOOD AND FOOD PRESERVATION ......................................... 60 LESSON 26: FOOD AT SEA ........................................................................................... 64
UNIT FOUR:THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE .............................................................. 64 Getting Your Bearings/Background Ranging Shots/Points to Ponder LESSON 27: THE ENGINE OF THE SHIP ......................................................................... 66 LESSON 28: THE GUN DRILL/LOADING AND FIRING THE GREAT GUNS ..................... 68 LESSON 29: LOCK, STOCK, AND BARREL .................................................................... 70
UNIT FIVE: AFTERMATH ~SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE AND THE WAR OF 1812 ........................................................................ 72 Getting Your Bearings/Background Ranging Shots/Points to Ponder LESSON 30: WAR-HERO PRESIDENTS ........................................................................... 73 LESSON 31: MEMOIR WRITING ...................................................................................... 74 LESSON 32: NORTHWEST TERRITORY .......................................................................... 75 LESSON 33: THE NIAGARA’S STORY TO PRESENT TIME ............................................ 76 LESSON 34: THE WAR OF 1812 AS DEPICTED IN ART AND MUSIC ............................. 77
GOING OVERBOARD .............................................................................................. 81 ADDENDUM .............................................................................................................. 96 RESOURCES ........................................................................................................... 101 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................... 105