Deborah A. Wold
(Deb)
Public Historian
Museum Professional. Material Culture Steward. Historic Foodways Academic.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Dived into the real history of the Golden Age of Piracy and how their legacy endures today through seven different unit topics.
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Read one book, wrote response paper, participated in group discussion, and engaged in creative activity for each unit.
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Semester long Captain's Log Creative Writing Exercise
Unit Topics
Each unit we read a book and various assigned articles, chapters, and videos. After completing the assigned information, I wrote a page response paper. Please click on the book image to read.
Unit 1:
Under the Black Flag
Treasure Neverland: Real and Imaginary Pirates
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Neil Rennie
Unit 2:
Piracy and Empire
Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns
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​Janice E. Thompson
Unit 3:
A Pirate’s Life for Me
Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
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Marcus Rediker
Unit 4:
Intersectionality
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
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​Peter T. Leeson
Unit 5:
The End of an Era
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests, and Captivity in the Seventeenth Century Mediterranean
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Adrian Tinniswood
Unit 6:
Piracy’s Footprints
X Marks the Spot: The Archaeology of Piracy
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Russell K. Skowronek
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Charles R. Ewen
Unit 7:
Fact vs. Fiction
Treasure Island
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Robert Louis Stevenson
No response paper during Unit 7. Focused on editing and formatting the Captain's Log. Click on the picture to view it.
Favorite read of the class. The book was eye opening as it discussed piracy with a unique point of view: economy.
Benefits
What I discovered while taking the class.
