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Grace O'Malley: Irish Pirate Queen Story

Discover the fierce tale of Grace O'Malley, an illustrious Irish Pirate Queen who defied norms and ruled the seas. Dive into her adventures, switch gender roles, and unleash creativity through a pirate paper doll craft and skit writing activity. Explore vocabulary, historical connections, and the art of fictionalizing real events. Utilize technology to enhance learning with Google Earth. Wrap up the fun by performing skits and enjoying pirate snacks with your crew!

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Grace O'Malley: Irish Pirate Queen Story

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  1. Pirates! Grace O’Malley, Irish Pirate Queen from the text: Women of the Sea, Ten Pirate Storiesby Myra Weatherly Teaching Guide by Lauren Marshall & Julia Lawless

  2. Benefits of the Text • Switches up gender roles, explores females in history • Grace O’Malley is dominant over males = awesome • Known as Irish Pirate Queen, conducted ship raids, connected with royalty, rough and tough

  3. Vocabulary!High level vocab, use dictionary as resource • Exploit • Armada • Pinnacle • Chieftain • Barrage • Lambast • Illustrious • Incur • Coiffed • Shroud

  4. Visual Art Opportunity Craft: Pirate Paper Doll • Everyone will get a cutout of a female figure, and they will color shirt and pants to reflect Grace O’Malley in a creative way (i.e. Shamrock pants, crown, crazy pirate hair) • Demonstrates how real events can easily get fictionalized and exaggerated and is a fun creative outlet

  5. Creative Writing • Group Prompt: Think about Grace O’Malley, her husband, her crew members, and other characters. Write a skit about an imaginary adventure they have on board the pirate ship. Be sure to include information from the text about locations, and please include at least one vocabulary word.

  6. Using Technology Grace O’Malley in Google Earth • http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00glj5x • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8z48fxGJSE • http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/grace.html

  7. Wrap It Up Perform your skits for the class! Cast your group members as the actors, and everyone should have at least one line to speak. You can dress up if you wish. We will enjoy pirate snacks as we watch one another’s skits.

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