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Cape Cod National Seashore
Curriculum Materials

The National Park Service has prepared a series of lesson plans which cover a variety of topics useful in the classroom and on site at Cape Cod National Seashore. These plans provide background information, student reading materials, and on site and off site activities. Groups visiting Cape Cod National Seashore for any time period, ranging from a day to a week will find these materials useful.

Marine Debris Survey

Erosion... Harmful or Helpful?

National Parks... why, where and how many?

The Mayflower landed here.

Recycle... we have an alternative.

Marconi: "Beyond the Horizon"

Penniman House: A Whaling Story

pirate treasure  

Did You Know?
Cape Cod's own pirate shipwreck, the Whydah, went down in a storm off the coast in April 1717. Before being taken by pirate Sam Bellamy as his flagship, the Whydah was a slave ship, named for the port city of Ouidah in today's country of Benin on the African coast.

Last Updated: January 30, 2008 at 10:36 EST