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Eighth graders watch electronic field trip entitled Call to Arms, and simulate daily life of eighteenth-century soldier, including marching, camp building, cannon firing, and sharing common meal. Student groups form regiments by signing muster book and taking oath.

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soldiers, the military, the eighteenth century

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18th century, military, soldiers, social studies
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8th
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Social Studies & History
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