Connecticut Clipper or New England Whaling

For School Groups

School Program
Costs $9.00 per student
Takes about 1.50 hours
Designed for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade
Theme: Connecticut

Meets Connecticut Science Standards

3.2 Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.
4.2 All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.
5.2 Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.

In the first half of the 19th century, Connecticut joined the race to California and China in sleek, bold Clipper Ships. Construct a model clipper with a hold to export and import cargo that built Connecticut's industry and commerce.

Using the Charles W. Morgan, (a 19th c. whaling ship now berthed at Mystic Seaport) as a model, understand the industry that brought whalebone to the Strouse Adler Company Corset Factory in New Haven to make undergarments for upstanding Connecticut ladies.