The past three weeks we have been reading Pirate Diary. It is the story of a 10 year old boy in the 1700;s. He leaves home in order to go to sea with his uncle. His father thinks it will be good for Jake to see more of the world. While aboard the ship, pirates attack and take over the ship. Jake not wanting to forfeit his life, joins with the pirates. 

The Unit Study and Lapbook pieces are available at HSS. We also read a few other books on Pirates from the Pirate Unit and used some of those lapbook components as well.

Here are pictures of our lapbook. If you can tell here, I added it to

our American history binder by punching 3 holes in it.

Lapbook Cover

Inside left fold

Why Pirates have peg legs, hooks and eye patches and What is an Island mini book.
          

Inside mini book answers

Pirate words and meanings
  

Definitions under flaps

Math from Pirate Diary-How much pay was with held.

Back cover-ship picture and nautical vocabulary.

Here is DD's book report on Pirate Diary.

Both kids whined about the gross parts of the book.

They begged me to quit reading it the third day. I refused and told them

that is how things really were.  The book shows one man's leg being sawn off after

he was wounded. It talks about worms being in the biscuits, and hangings etc.

Luckily the picturs were cartoonish, but still a little graphic.

I think they are still a little too sensitve for this stuff. 

She gave the book good checks but added comments that the book was scary and gross.