Dr. Annette Laing
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Annette's School Presentations: Descriptions
Author Visits/In-House Field Trips With Annette
Each day-long visit includes up to three sessions of one of the following performances, each lasting approximately one hour. Please note: Annette can present "A Writer's Life" to a large assembly in place of a session of another performance (additional fee applies.)
IMPORTANT:
For maximum effect and enjoyment, Annette strongly recommends that her presentations be made to a single grade (e.g. fourth or fifth grade) and that each session be attended by no more than two classes, for a total of no more than about eighty students. If there are more than six classes in a single grade, however, she is happy to have you divide the remaining children among the sessions.
If you require that a single session of one of her presentations be open to a divergent group of multiple grades, please request "A Writer's Life" (described below.)
Performance Topics:
Could You Be A World War Two Kid? (Grades 2-7)
Dressed in period costume, Annette gives a lively presentation on British children's lives during World War Two. She shares a multimedia, hands-on artifacts, a song, readings from Don't Know Where, Don't Know When, and plenty of good humor. Kids learn about air raids, food rationing, the blackout, and the evacuation of schoolchildren. Annette also focuses on children's everyday lives, including the food they ate, the music they listened to, what they did for fun, and the roles that children played in wartime Britain. In doing so, she encourages students to find parallels in the American experience of World War II.
Addresses GA Performance Standard for Social Studies SS5H6(e) for 5th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Could You Be a Victorian Child Worker? (Grades 3-7)
What would it be like to be a child slave or factory worker? What did the first industrial revolution in Britain have to do with slavery in America? Annette's costumed presentation includes a multimedia presentation, hands-on artifacts, primary source documents, and readings from A Different Day, A Different Destiny, Book 2 of The Snipesville Chronicles. It's sure to get kids thinking historically, about what they do--and don't--have in common with kids in the United States and Britain in the mid-nineteenth century.
Addresses GA Performance Standards for Social Studies SS4H6(b) and SS4H7 for 4th grade; SS5H1B for 5th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Could You Be A Colonial Kid? (K-5) Who better to talk about Colonial America than a Brit? Believe it or not, Annette has a PhD in Colonial and Revolutionary American history! But don't let that put you off...Dressed as an ordinary woman of the eighteenth century, Annette gives kids an inside look at life in mid-eighteenth century British America for lots of different kinds of kids, from the most privileged children of merchants and planters, to the poorest appentices and slaves. With humor, empathy, and artifacts, Annette gives kids a meaningful introduction to colonial American society. She also helps kids understand the differences and connections between life then, and life now. Annette reads from Book 3 in The Snipesville Chronicles, which is set in the year 1752.
Addresses GA Performance Standards for Social Studies SS4H3(a&b) for 4th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Revolutionary Rebels (Grades 5-7) If a Brit comes to tell you about the American Revolution, will she tell that the British won? No worries about that. What Annette will do is arrive in 18th-century costume, bringing artifacts from the period, and help make sense of the American Revolution to kids. Focusing on what colonists wanted and how they saw themselves, Annette helps students understand what made the War of American Independence a Revolution. Rest assured: Annette holds a PhD in history, but she also speaks fluent kid. Annette also gives kids a sneak preview of Look Ahead, Look Back Book 3 in The Snipesville Chronicles, a work-in-progress that is set in the 18th century!
A Writer's Life (Suitable for large groups (K-7) or when a focus on creative writing is preferred)
You don't have to wait until you're all grown up to be a published writer! Annette shows kids how she started publishing her own magazines when she was ten years old, and how she hasn't stopped writing for an audience ever since. With humor and insight, Annette explains that being a writer means more than putting words to paper: You have to have something to say, you have to find your passion in reading, you have to be willing to rewrite until you're sick of rewriting, and it helps to find an audience for your work. She extols the value of daydreaming, and shares her 6th-grade report card with the kids. Annette also reveals her own writing process, and lets kids in on some of the fun secrets behind her Snipesville Chronicles series. This inspiring and entertaining talk will leave kids eager to create their own writing projects!
Many of our students have read Annette's book(s), and would like to discuss them. Can that be part of the visit?
If students have read Annette's book(s), a discussion session may be substituted for one or more of the presentations, except Timetravelers' Orientation. Please contact Annette for more information.
Annette is also available, by arrangement, to have lunch with a small group of children who have read one or more of her books.
Grades 8-12 and College:
Annette is available to speak to groups and classes who have read her books. Please contact Annette at mailto:annette@confusionpress.com to discuss your requirements.
Looking for a great guest speaker at your next meeting or conference?
Annette Laing is a witty, entertaining and thought-provoking speaker, despite being an historian, and her rates are affordable. And did we mention her cool British accent?
From the Snipesville Chronicles to her work with children, not to mention a selection of historical subjects, Annette has plenty of suitable and entertaining presentations for adult groups.
Please contact Annette to schedule her to speak at your lunch, dinner, meeting, or conference.
Each day-long visit includes up to three sessions of one of the following performances, each lasting approximately one hour. Please note: Annette can present "A Writer's Life" to a large assembly in place of a session of another performance (additional fee applies.)
IMPORTANT:
For maximum effect and enjoyment, Annette strongly recommends that her presentations be made to a single grade (e.g. fourth or fifth grade) and that each session be attended by no more than two classes, for a total of no more than about eighty students. If there are more than six classes in a single grade, however, she is happy to have you divide the remaining children among the sessions.
If you require that a single session of one of her presentations be open to a divergent group of multiple grades, please request "A Writer's Life" (described below.)
Performance Topics:
Could You Be A World War Two Kid? (Grades 2-7)
Dressed in period costume, Annette gives a lively presentation on British children's lives during World War Two. She shares a multimedia, hands-on artifacts, a song, readings from Don't Know Where, Don't Know When, and plenty of good humor. Kids learn about air raids, food rationing, the blackout, and the evacuation of schoolchildren. Annette also focuses on children's everyday lives, including the food they ate, the music they listened to, what they did for fun, and the roles that children played in wartime Britain. In doing so, she encourages students to find parallels in the American experience of World War II.
Addresses GA Performance Standard for Social Studies SS5H6(e) for 5th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Could You Be a Victorian Child Worker? (Grades 3-7)
What would it be like to be a child slave or factory worker? What did the first industrial revolution in Britain have to do with slavery in America? Annette's costumed presentation includes a multimedia presentation, hands-on artifacts, primary source documents, and readings from A Different Day, A Different Destiny, Book 2 of The Snipesville Chronicles. It's sure to get kids thinking historically, about what they do--and don't--have in common with kids in the United States and Britain in the mid-nineteenth century.
Addresses GA Performance Standards for Social Studies SS4H6(b) and SS4H7 for 4th grade; SS5H1B for 5th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Could You Be A Colonial Kid? (K-5) Who better to talk about Colonial America than a Brit? Believe it or not, Annette has a PhD in Colonial and Revolutionary American history! But don't let that put you off...Dressed as an ordinary woman of the eighteenth century, Annette gives kids an inside look at life in mid-eighteenth century British America for lots of different kinds of kids, from the most privileged children of merchants and planters, to the poorest appentices and slaves. With humor, empathy, and artifacts, Annette gives kids a meaningful introduction to colonial American society. She also helps kids understand the differences and connections between life then, and life now. Annette reads from Book 3 in The Snipesville Chronicles, which is set in the year 1752.
Addresses GA Performance Standards for Social Studies SS4H3(a&b) for 4th grade. Teachers and media specialists from other states: Please contact Annette for information about how this presentation relates to your state curriculum in social studies.
Revolutionary Rebels (Grades 5-7) If a Brit comes to tell you about the American Revolution, will she tell that the British won? No worries about that. What Annette will do is arrive in 18th-century costume, bringing artifacts from the period, and help make sense of the American Revolution to kids. Focusing on what colonists wanted and how they saw themselves, Annette helps students understand what made the War of American Independence a Revolution. Rest assured: Annette holds a PhD in history, but she also speaks fluent kid. Annette also gives kids a sneak preview of Look Ahead, Look Back Book 3 in The Snipesville Chronicles, a work-in-progress that is set in the 18th century!
A Writer's Life (Suitable for large groups (K-7) or when a focus on creative writing is preferred)
You don't have to wait until you're all grown up to be a published writer! Annette shows kids how she started publishing her own magazines when she was ten years old, and how she hasn't stopped writing for an audience ever since. With humor and insight, Annette explains that being a writer means more than putting words to paper: You have to have something to say, you have to find your passion in reading, you have to be willing to rewrite until you're sick of rewriting, and it helps to find an audience for your work. She extols the value of daydreaming, and shares her 6th-grade report card with the kids. Annette also reveals her own writing process, and lets kids in on some of the fun secrets behind her Snipesville Chronicles series. This inspiring and entertaining talk will leave kids eager to create their own writing projects!
Many of our students have read Annette's book(s), and would like to discuss them. Can that be part of the visit?
If students have read Annette's book(s), a discussion session may be substituted for one or more of the presentations, except Timetravelers' Orientation. Please contact Annette for more information.
Annette is also available, by arrangement, to have lunch with a small group of children who have read one or more of her books.
Grades 8-12 and College:
Annette is available to speak to groups and classes who have read her books. Please contact Annette at mailto:annette@confusionpress.com to discuss your requirements.
Looking for a great guest speaker at your next meeting or conference?
Annette Laing is a witty, entertaining and thought-provoking speaker, despite being an historian, and her rates are affordable. And did we mention her cool British accent?
From the Snipesville Chronicles to her work with children, not to mention a selection of historical subjects, Annette has plenty of suitable and entertaining presentations for adult groups.
Please contact Annette to schedule her to speak at your lunch, dinner, meeting, or conference.
