For several years, this topic was my passion. I read book after book about pirates and the Age of Exploration. I read academic papers by the hundreds. I traced down strange links and I looked for the historical connections. When I read that many pirates were Huguenots, I committed myself to learning about the French Wars of Religion. When I read that Sir. Francis Drake had a crew member taken captive in what is now Morocco, I looked into the civil war that he had accidently stumbled into. It became a game to see how much of world history had a connection, in some way, to piracy. I read, I took notes, and I developed this class.

提供的家庭作業
Students will be required to do reading assignments in preparation for class.

Students will be asked to research a historical figure for a mock debate. In this debate students will try to answer questions based on what their historical figure might have believed.

Students will be asked to research a pirate to do an oral presentation.

Occasional optional activities will include doing map-work and short-answer questions. There will also be optional creative writing or art project suggestions.
2 - 4 每週課外時間
提供的評估
Students requiring a grade are asked to notify me of this before the second week of class. 

If students require a grade but wish to avoid having to talk in class accommodations can be made.
提供的成績

I will be providing students with reading assignments. It is very, very important that the students complete the reading assignments for each class.