1. Life on board a ship
Lesson Objective: To be able to describe the lives of sailors on ships during the Age of Exploration

2. Very small ships
Every ship had a captain, master and navigator
Master – responsible for the daily running of the ship
Navigator – steered the ship
Many ships travelling together - fleet

3. Time No clocks on board Used an hour glass
Jobs on board: Cook, carpenter, boatswain (look after sails)

4. Food Ships had to carry enough food for one or two years
Some went bad or was eaten by rats
Water had to be rationed
Sea biscuits - hardtack
Dried meat

5. Careening a ship When a ship needed work it was docked
Had to work with the tides to do this

6. Disease
Disease spread very easily on board a ship
Typhoid
Scurvy

8. Task/Homework
Imagine you are a sailor living in write an account of your life on board ship under these headings:
What job you have, what equipment do you use?
Living conditions
Accidents and diseases
The places you have seen
Due next Friday 23rd October