Presentations

To All Aspiring Heroes Bold

This one-hour (45 minutes, plus 15 minutes for Q&A) presentation covers all aspects of an 18th century soldier's life, including:

• Recruitment
• The typical soldier
• 18th Century basic training
• The soldier's equipment
• Coming to America
• Women's roles
• Army food
• Army discipline
• Advancement, or lack thereof
• The battle and its aftermath

This program is delivered by a uniformed "British soldier," fully equipped with 18th Century gear. It is designed for up to sixty upper elementary or middle school students.

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Colonial Detroit

This one-hour (45 minutes + 15 minutes for Q&A) presentation can be delivered by either one or two authentically dressed presenters and covers:

• The typical Detroiter in the 18th Century
• Professions and businesses
• The Fur Trade
• Relations between British and French Detroiters
• Native neighbors
• What people wore and why
• How people spent their leisure time
• The Revolution and Detroit

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Rebels and Redcoats

This one-hour (45 minutes + 15 minutes Q&A) presentation is delivered by two 18th century "soldiers" equipped with authentic British and Continental gear and covers the differences and similarities between Continental Army and British Army including:

• Recruitment practices
• Training practices
• Organization
• Supply and payroll
• Uniforms (or lack thereof)
• Leadership
• Tactics
• Philosophy
• The real reasons the British lost

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State of Michigan Curriculum Standards met or enhanced by these presentations.

Soc.I.1.LE.3.Grade 5	Soc.I.2.LE.3.Grade 5	Soc.II.4.LE.3.Grade 5
Place major events in the early history of the United States in chronological order	Summarize the sequence of key events in stories describing life from the past in their local community, the state of Michigan, and other parts of the United States	Describe the geography of Michigan at major times in its history and explain the reasons for its change.
Soc.I.1.MS.1.Grade 6	Soc.I.1.MS.1.Grade 7	Soc.I.1.MS.1.Grade 8
Construct and interpret timelines of people and events from the history of ... Canada.	Construct and interpret timelines of people and events from the history of Europe....	Construct and interpret timelines of people and events from the history of Michigan and the United States.
Soc.I.1.MS.2.Grade 6	Soc.I.1.MS.2.Grade 8	Soc.I.2.MS.1.Grade 6
Describe the major factors that characterize the following eras in United States history: The meeting of Three Worlds (beginnings to 1620) and colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), and how it affected...Canada.	Describe the major factors that characterize the following eras in United States history: The meeting of Three Worlds (beginnings to 1620) and colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1815)....	Use narratives and graphic data to describe the settings of significant events that shaped the development of Canada....
Soc.I.2.MS.1.Grade 7	Soc.I.2.MS.1.Grade 8	Soc.I.2.MS.4.Grade 6
Use narratives and graphic data to describe the settings of significant events that shaped the development of Europe....	Use narratives and graphic data to describe the settings of significant events that shaped the development of Michigan as a state and the United States as a nation during the eras prior to Reconstruction.	Use historical biographies from Canada...to explain how events from the past affected the lives of individuals and how some individuals influenced the course of history.
Soc.I.2.MS.4.Grade 7	Soc.I.2.MS.4.Grade 8	Soc.I.3.MS.1.Grade 6
Use historical biographies from Europe...to explain how events from the past affected the lives of individuals and how some individuals influenced the course of history.	Use historical biographies to explain how events from the past affected the lives of individuals and how some individuals influenced the course of history.	Use primary and secondary records to analyze significant events that shaped the development of...Canada.
Soc.I.3.MS.1.Grade 8	Soc.I.3.MS.1.Grade 7
Use primary and secondary records to analyze significant events that shaped the development of Michigan as a state and the United States as a nation prior to the end of the era of Reconstruction.	Use primary and secondary records to analyze significant events that shaped the development of Europe....

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