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Ahoy, Maties! If ever you or your kids have wanted to learn more about the age of pirates, the Nomadic Professor’s new Swashbuckling Pirates Curriculum<\/a> has you covered!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had the opportunity to review this course for Timberdoodle last year, and was genuinely surprised by how thorough it was. Who knew there was so much to learn about pirates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, we’ve gone through other courses with the Nomadic Professor in the past, including both US History<\/a> and World History<\/a>. I assumed the Swashbuckling Pirates Curriculum<\/a> would be much shorter than those earlier courses — maybe something we could knock out in a week or two over the summer — but I was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to all the audio lectures and text files and timelines and maps….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… and all the distinctive video lectures the Nomadic Professor films on location (one of my favorite features)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Swashbuckling Pirates Curriculum also includes an extensive reading list — much longer than the few entries you can see in the screen shot below — for students who wish to delve even more deeply into the subject matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He includes a similarly lengthy list of movies and TV shows to help augment your studies and help the subject matter spring to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I particularly enjoyed reading the Nomadic Professor’s thorough analysis of how literature and the silver screen helped shape society’s impressions and common stereotypes of pirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, my favorite aspect of all the Nomadic Professor’s courses are the videos. It’s almost like being there yourself, along with a private docent to explain the history and significance of the sites you are virtually visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multiple choice quizzes are dispersed through the curriculum at regular intervals, as well, to make it easy to track how much information your student is retaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The study wraps us with a final essay assignment, to help students assimilate all they’ve learned. But even this assignment is chosen in such a way as to make it fun — picking a favorite pirate from those covered in the course and providing reasons in support of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Does this Swashbuckling Pirates Curriculum<\/a> sound like something that would interest your or your children? Then I’d urge you to check it out. You can purchase it through Timberdoodle<\/a> as a stand-alone elective, but it is also included in the 9th Grade Curriculum Kit.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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