M4: Lesson 3

M4: Lesson 3

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Chapter 2-3

Focusing Question

How do Shackleton and his crew respond to the hostile environment of Antarctica?

CONTENT FRAMING QUESTION: LESSON 3

Organize: What’s happening in Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World?

In Lesson 3 we will....

• Gain and KNOW information from the text features to UNDERSTAND what is happening in the text.

• Be able to identify the details and main ideas of chapter 2

Vocabulary

• Steward: Someone that is in charge of managing the stores or goods of a ship.

• Squall: A violent gust of wind, indicative of a tumultuous storm.

• Growlers: Large chunk of ice.

• Iceberg: Large chunks of ice detached from glaciers that float in the sea.

• Albatross: A bird of ledged that seamen fear and respect.

Vocabulary

• Circumnavigation: The act of traveling all the way around something.

• Circumference: the distance around the outside of a circle.

• Circumvent: to avoid something by going around it.

• Circumscribe: to draw a line around something.

• Leads: Open pathways not blocked by ice that boats can use.

Chapter 2-The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

page 2- 4(Stop at the second paragraph)

Multiple Choice

Shackleton was famous for his

• shoes

• book

• journey to the South Pole and book

• journey to the South Pole

Multiple Choice

How many other explorers attempted to reach the frozen continent?

• none

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

Originally Antarctica was apart of other countries creating a super continent.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Why was Antarctica a hostile environment to live in?

Multiple Choice

The treacherous sea, Southern Ocean earned what nickname?

• Roaring Forties

• Furious Fifties

• Screaming Sixties

• All of the names

Handout 3B

Complete Main Idea 1 (8 minutes)

Chapter 2- The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

page 4(Start at the third paragraph)-7

Multiple Choice

Shackleton was the 1st explorer to reach Antarctica.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All Shackleton's life he wanted to be

• a fisherman

• famous

• a teacher

• an explorer

Multiple Choice

What is the name of Shackleton's 1st ship?

• Polaris

• Endurance

• Polaris, but in honor of his family motto, he called it Endurance

• Susan Constant

Open Ended

Why was it not hard for Shackleton to get volunteers for the expedition?

Handout 3B

Complete Main Idea 2 (8 minutes)

Chapter 2- Handout 3B

page 8-9

Multiple Choice

What did the men use to help them with prevention catching scurvy?

• Water

• To eat the food Worsley provided made of oatmeal, beef and vegetable proteins.

• Sunglasses

• Oranges for vitamin c

Multiple Choice

The ship had a pet bird.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The ship, Endurance sailed from....

• London

• Antarctica

• South Pole

• Jamestown

Multiple Choice

When were the men ready to leave for the Southern Hemisphere?

• August 1, 2020

• September 31, 1914

• August 1, 1914

• January 1, 1914

Handout 3B

Complete Main Idea 3 and 4 (8 minutes)