Mary Celeste: Activities
Mary CelesteClassroom activities
1. Role play the inquest into the Mary Celeste. The inquest panel suspect that the crew of the Dei Graca have done something wrong. They do not believe the stories told by Captain Morehous and his crew
You could play a version of the game 'alibi'. For this the inquest panel needs to interview each crew member individually - do their stories match? Dei Graca crew members can prepare their version before you start.
Possible roles: Captain Morehouse, first mate, other crew members, inquest panel members.
What do you think happened?
a) Write one or two sentences.
b) Now go to this page for some theories and a short documentary film
Watch this short film and answer the questions
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