Captain Cane is a certified California Substitute Teacher as well as a Certified Instructor by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators, and Captain Cane has presented Boston area school enrichment programs at schools and camps for many years.

Most presentations are repeat... year after year the kids love seeing Pirate Captain Cane and learning new things. 

School Enrichment Programs presented in the Boston area, or anywhere in New England, are geared to the size of the group and ages of the children. Special rates apply to make these programs affordable to any school or camp.

Pirate Party's Boston area School Enrichment Programs usually include Captain Cane's Pirate Treasure Hunt! as well as one or more additional Educational Units. There is always instruction with a globe and ship model and talk on maritime history. There is a science element added with serious instruction in compass navigation. Every child receives a sturdy magnetic compass and is instructed on its use. The children use it repeatedly to navigate to the treasure. And the children keep the compasses.

Further Educational Units may include any of the following:

The Story of Grace O'Malley, Pirate Queen  This successful pirate from Ireland has many descendants, including at least one of the same name, in the Boston area. She sailed in the late 16th and early 17th century, and had castles as well as ships. Her family still operates ferry ships between mainland Ireland and Clare Island, her old home. She was a welcome visitor to the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

The World of Pirates This can be a one hour powerpoint presentation and is presented on cruise ships by Captain Cane to adults and children. The history of pirates from the times of the ancient Greeks to the present, from all over the world, is reviewed.

The Voyages of Discovery of Captain Cook This can be a one hour powerpoint presentation and is presented by Captain Cane as  maritime history aboard cruise ships. Cook made many fascinating discoveries of people, places, plants, and animals. He witnessed and recorded the transit of Venus across the sky in the South Pacific in the late 1700s, and even had secret orders from the Crown to search for what was known as Terra Australis Incognito-- a fabled land in the South Seas which we now call Australia.

All presentations include a wealth of period illustrations and exhibits appropriate to the subject matter. Other Educational Units include presentations on Lord Admiral Nelson,  the famous Captain Bligh, even  Myths and Monsters of the Deep.

For further information call Jed Mills at 781 990 3489 or email millsjed@hotmail.com

 Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley with Queen Elizabeth I.

 Wreckage of the Pirate ship Quedah Merchant. Captain Kidd got in a little trouble over this ship.

 Map of the Aegean Sea, home of the ancient Greek Pirates. It is from the ancient Greeks that the word 'pirate' originates.

 A modern sextant, for determining position using celestial navigation. This sextant is brought and demonstrated at many presentations.

  Ancient Greek depiction of Triton

  Captain Kidd, British naval war hero turned pirate. He was jailed briefly in Boston's Charles Street Jail before being sent back to London for trial and execution.

 Pirate ship Whydah, a former slave ship, captured by Captain Sam Bellamy and wrecked in a storm off  Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Gold still washes ashore! All children receive a facsimile of the 1635 map of Cape Cod and the location of the tresure.

 Sea monster 'Champy' photographed in Lake Champlain. These and 'Nessie' of Loch Ness, are probably the last of the Pleisosaur, until recently believed long extinct.

 Map of the Caribbean and 'The Spanish Main'. The 'Spanish Main' really refers to the mainland in the Americas which the Spanish controlled for centuries.

 Captain Bartholomew Roberts in a contemporary drawing. Note that Captain Roberts has a short sword and wears shoes ('pumps') and stockings, as a gentleman of the time would. Pirates and most other mariners did not wear boots or use long swords.

   Kids dance like pirates!