Materials
• Pencil
• Starving Sailors Activity sheet (click to download a PDF file)
• Biscuit Recipe (click to download a PDF file)
• Oven
• Rolling pin
• Baking sheets
• Flour
• Salt
• Fork, mixing spoon
• Bowl

Learner Objectives
• Identify the average diet of sailors at sea.
• Give examples of ways sailors expressed their dislike for the food.
• Identify the types of food they ate on board.
• Create sea biscuits.

Procedure
• Give each student a copy of the Starving Sailors Activity sheet. Read and answer the questions.
• Copy the Provisions at Sea vocabulary and crossword puzzle. Discuss the foods used at sea. Test the students' knowledge by using the crossword puzzle.
• To create sea biscuits, follow the recipe. Serve with something to drink, so the students can soak the sea biscuits like the sailors did.

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