1. Understand why the Federal Government took an active role in protecting mariners by creating the U.S. Lifesaving Service; 2. Explain the nature of duty in the U.S.L.S.S., including the daily routine and rescue activities; 3. Describe how the U.S.L.S.S. was perceived by some of the Atlantic Coast sailors whose lives were saved; 4. Examine modern rescue methods in their community and to compare them to U.S. Lifesaving Service operations.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Why It Existed
2. Life and Duty at Little Kinnakeet Station
3. Then and Now: Comparing Rescue Methods