For over thirty years the B.A.R. has annually presented a free program called the School of the Soldier, and later called the School of Instruction as civilian topics were introduced. Each year the school organizer selects a general theme and then seeks out speakers on subjects within the theme. Over the course of an April weekend, Brigade members lead classes and often distribute printed material during the class. From 1998 to 2001 these printed materials were collected and reprinted for the benefit of those who could not attend the School.

• Directions to the Sentries or How They Are to Behave on Their Posts (by Phil Weaver)
• An Essay on Castramentation "...the art of measuring, arranging, and ordering camps..."
• Notes on the Manual Exercise
• The Internal Management of a Regiment and How to Reenact it
• Music in the Field and Camp during the American Revolution (by Gary Vorwald)
• Clean Your Musket the 18th Century Way (by Norm Fuss)
• Preparing for a Campaign Weekend (by Warren Stevens)
• The British Sutler During the American War for Independence (by Gregory Theberge)
• Courts Martial in the Era of the American Revolution & Suggestions for their Incorporation in Living History Today (by Todd W. Braisted)
• 18th Century Games

• Sundry Notes on the History, Uses, Replication and Care of Hatts (by William M. Wigham)
• Revolutionary War Uniforms: Construction Details and Finishing Touches (by Henry M. Cooke IV)
• Boxes, Pouches and Belts (by Roy P. Najecki)
• Haversacks, Knapsacks and Bedrolls (by Warren Stevens)
• Documenting Your Unit's History With Revolutionary War Pension Applications (by Philip D. Weaver)
• Firelocks of the American Revolution (by Paul R. Ackermann)

2000 Brigade School
Going on Campaign

• The Mess, Kitchen, and Provisions of the Common Soldier (by Gregory Theberge)
• Of Bush-Huts and Bowers (by Mark Ragan)
• Inexpensive Ways to Improve your Impression (by Todd Post)
• Employing Petite Guerre (by Christian Cameron)
• 18th Century Printed Fabrics (by Norm Fuss)

• Material Culture of the 18th Century (by Gregory Theberge)
• "Not by bread alone..." or Agricultural Practices in the 18th Century (by Ben Carlos)
• Money Matters: Revolutionary War Currency, Can I Afford This?; Rates of Depreciation; Cost of Basic Goods (by Bruce Wallace)
• Domestic Medicine (by Andrea Ackermann)