This Jackdaw is the appropriate reading level for upper elementary, middle school and high school students reading below grade level. It contains the same, ready-to-use, hands-on historical documents as the original, upper-level Jackdaw; most of the documents are actual-size replicas. The fully reproducible Broadsheets provide historical background for understanding the documents.
Students will discover how America became a world trading force with this Jackdaw. Everyone will enjoy learning about the Empress of China, the first American ship to hoist her flag in Chinese waters. Hands-on historical documents — maps, ships’ papers, Asian artifacts — illustrate the methods and success of American traders in the Far East, and in opening the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii to trade. Historians: Miriam Butts & Pat Heard, adapted by Muriel L. Dubois. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:
Broadsheets-
Setting the Scene
- Cargoes Outward bound
- Life in Canton
- Merchants Under Sail
- China Cargoes Home
- East and West: Two Merchants
Historical Documents
- China trade word list with Chinese characters.
- Two marine certificates: 1797 and 1822.
- The Articles of Agreement for a sloop, November 12, 1785.
- World map showing voyages to East Asia and various centers
in the U.S. and China important to the China Trade.
- Carpenter’s certificate, 1802.
- Title page of a ship’s log, September 1787.
- Pages from a ship’s journal, October 7-12, 1790.
- A Grand Chop, 1846.
- Watercolor set: The Process of Tea Culture.
- Watercolors of porcelain manufacture.
- Clark & Nightingale Merchandise Inventory, May 12, 1795.
- “Something for Mrs. Peabody”: Fancy items of China Trade.
Study Guide / Lesson Plan – Reproducible Activities
