Mary Morton Cowan, For Teachers-Captain Mac

For Teachers:

About Captain Mac

Suggested Ages / Grades

Age 10 (Grade 5) and up. "A Fabulous Class/Team Read" - "...ideal for either school reports or pleasure reading."

Enrichment Activities

Take a field trip or enjoy a web visit to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
MacMillan's schooner, Bowdoin, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 and is Maine's official state vessel.
Search online for "Schooner Bowdoin." There are many other sites, including:
http://bowdoin.mma.edu/, Maine Memory Network, and Bowdoin College.
Celebrate Schooner Bowdoin's 100th Birthday!
Read about MacMillan in Maine: An Encyclopedia.
Enjoy this article by Capt. G. Andy Chase of Maine Maritime Academy, honoring Schooner Bowdoin's 100th birthday!
Check for Donald B.MacMillan in National Geographic. Many libraries have back issues or CDs of the magazine.
Read about Labrador's first snowmobile, which MacMillan took to Labrador in 1927. It was found buried under snow a few years ago, and it is now restored.
Download one or more of my PDFs: a map of MacMillan's world, Timeline of MacMillan's Life, a word search puzzle, an Arctic-Antarctic activity, a page of brainstorming ideas from a middle school teachers' conference.

Curriculum Connections

Captain Mac will meet STEM requirements and curriculum standards in the following areas:
Language Arts, Science and Technology, History, Geography, World Languages, Mathematics.
Click here to download a PDF of this curriculum chart.

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Content Areas	Categories / Activities
• Language Arts	READING: biography of a notable American WRITING: book reports, journals, letters RESEARCH: resource notes, selected bibliography
• Science and Technology	Development of scientific research in 20th century Compare MacMillan's scientific research with today's methods Pioneering use of radio and aircraft in the Arctic Use of photography Compare the North Pole with the South Pole Naval architecture PHYSICAL SCIENCE: geology, weather, climate change, ice, magnetic poles, ionosphere LIFE SCIENCE: ecosystems, Arctic plants, animals, birds, taxidermy
• Social Studies: History	Chronology 1874-1970 World Wars I and II Arctic explorers and exploration Civil rights
• Social Studies: Geography	North America and Greenland The North Pole Mapping coastlines Oceans and land masses
• World Languages	Compare and contrast cultural practices and perspectives with our own (Inuit, Inughuit, Naskapi Innu)
• Mathematics	Recording and analyzing data

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