{"id":2518,"date":"2013-02-05T17:05:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2013-01-20T17:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T14:06:33","slug":"accurate-pirates-caribbean-historian-golden-age-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-8-history\/accurate-pirates-caribbean-historian-golden-age-piracy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Accurate is ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’? to the historian of the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This worksheet<\/a> gets students familiar with the key areas to be investigated. They organise themselves into ‘crews’, elect a ‘captain’ in preparation for the strategy game at the heart of the unit, and name their pirate ship. They also use the following two videos, along with a written account, to develop some basic knowledge. A quick factual test<\/a> will then be given to each team to decide how many ‘gold coins’ they will start off with in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This worksheet gets students familiar with the key areas to be investigated. They organise themselves into ‘crews’, elect a ‘captain’ in preparation for the strategy game at the heart of the unit, and name their pirate ship. They also use the following two videos, along with a written account, to develop some basic knowledge. A… <\/p>\n

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