[TheForge] living history demo for elementary students - what would you talk about?

[Eric Klaus]

Greetings all,
  I've been asked to take over as a demonstrator at an annual living history
day for elementary age students.  Its a great event for educating youth,
with demonstrators ranging from blacksmithing to corn shelling to weaving to
making of candles, rope, soap, etc ....  We get about 20 minutes with each
group of 10 to 12 kids.

so, given the audience, what kind of TRUE facts would you talk about to an
audience of grade school kids about?  Looking for little tidbits to talk
about while demonstrating that will help keep their attention.  Maybe a few
tall tales, too, to test their deductive reasoning ... ;-)

Eric