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There be pirates…

I’ve produced a lesson about piracy which has been in the news recently again, which might come in handy for a one off topical lesson. Nothing special- I thought the topic was just inherently fascinating.

[slideshare id=1292437&doc=piracy-090415040055-phpapp02]

The PowerPoint can be downloaded here (1.5 mb) and the associated task sheets here (1.8 mb).

In my world piracy comes over as privacy so let me know if any mistakes need amending. :)

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16 Responses to “There be pirates…”

  1. Alan Parkinson Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Shiver me timbers shipmate… This be a fine piece o’ eight, I mean work…
    Avast !

  2. liz Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Looks great! :)

  3. Jo Blackmore Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    What an excellent lesson! I was intending to create a ‘geography in the news’ lesson for the return to school but will give this a go now. Thank you very much for sharing this creation – very much appreciated!

  4. RobM Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    Brilliant!

  5. Tony_Cassidy Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Thanks for the kind comments :)

  6. Mary Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Thanks! Looking forward to this :)

  7. Richard Meadows Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    Thanks Tony – sadly will be looking at planning for next week soon. We start back in year 9 with a geography of crime and so I am sure to be able to fit this in!

  8. Tony_Cassidy Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Yep, know what you mean Richard, glad that it will come in useful.

  9. Mike Gurney Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    This looks good – but there is another cause of the piracy which is the leagacy of the large scale toxic dumping off the coast of Somalia in the 1990s which has been confirmed by the UN – see

    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008109174223218644.html

  10. Emma Sayers Says:
    April 19th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    This is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

  11. Graham Says:
    April 19th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    Thanks a million Tony. What a very creative idea! Brilliant. It makes an interesting approach to our Africa unit for Year 7.
    Will try out over the next few weeks.

  12. Helen Says:
    April 19th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Brilliant – just what we need to start off our new topic of Africa with year 7. Thanks!

  13. Tony_Cassidy Says:
    April 19th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Graham and Helen- snap. :)

    Thanks Mike, really interesting article- I intend to produce another lesson upon this theme, so it’s bookmarked.

  14. Becky_42 Says:
    April 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Awesome – thank you so much! A fantastic resource

  15. ali Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 9:38 am

    Thankyou – will be a great topic for my little criminals!

  16. Iron Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    Many thanks – year 9’s who are slowly going off task will love this!!!

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