Education Experiences
The Museum periodically offers Friends Good Will sessions featuring topics like history, design and construction, rigging, operational procedures and policies, navigation, marlinspike skills, and historic black powder gunnery.
Teachers! Take your class on a voyage of discovery and bring Friends Good Will to your classroom. The lessons and supplemental information below are multi-disciplinary and draw connections among the historical, cultural, and social aspects of the Great Lakes during the early 19th Century. You can add lessons to this list by submitting them to the Museum.
Lessons and supplemental materials for all ages:
Friends Good Will Children’s Booklist
The Great Lakes Journey Lesson
The Great Lakes Highway Lesson
Great Lakes during the War of 1812 Map
Listen to Lee Murdock's song, "Perry's Victory on Lake Erie."
Michigan Humanities Council
This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
