Going on Now! 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 supplimental 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 supplimental materials for all ages:

• Teacher Page
• The Great Lakes Journey Lesson
• The Great Lakes Highway Lesson
• War on the Great Lakes Lesson
• Types of Vessels Worksheet
• Glossary
• Friends Good Will Timeline
• Great Lakes during the War of 1812 Map
• West Lake Erie to Lake St. Clair 1813 Chart
• Battle of Lake Erie Chart
• Friends Good Will Children’s Booklist

Listen to Lee Murdock's song, "Perry's Victory on Lake Erie."

If you haven't heard it, now is a good time to listen.

Click here to play.
Click here to download the lyrics.

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