In this program, students will learn how to apply archaeology towards understanding history, through participation in several hands-on group activities with authentic 19th century artifacts. After solving some mysteries using archaeological techniques, students will discuss the education, skills and aptitude required for this type of career. Participants tour the remnants of the fort, visit exhibits depicting the life of soldiers and officers, and participate in activities such as hearth cooking and dressing up in soldiers' uniforms. Students make and take home a regimental pewter button and print a British Military Commission. A focus can be put on the War of 1812 or the Rebellion of 1837- 38.
Participants prepare and eat a soldiers' meal of stew, bread and butter.
The students cut up the meat and vegetables and cook their stew in an authentic boiler, make butter from cream and bake cakes on the hearth. After a tour of the fortifications and officer' exhibits, dinner is eaten in the soldiers' barrack. This program has a size limit of about 30 students. Students fully experience military life in a mid-19th century British fort. In a restored Barrack setting, students make and eat a soldier's meal, march, learn the drill of British infantrymen, and spend a quiet evening of games and cards before retiring to their straw bunks.