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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Colonial America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A read-aloud anthology explores Colonial America. Third graders listen to informational texts, discuss what they heard, and participate in extension activities and writing. Take-home materials, assessments, and remediation opportunities...
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Maryland Colony

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Practice reading comprehension skills with an interactive all about the Maryland Colony. Scholars read a short informational text and then answer 10 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Maryland During the Secession Crisis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
While many think the United States was neatly divided between Northern and Southern states during the Civil War, border states like Maryland are more complicated. Using hands-on activities to measure distance and primary sources,...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Runaway Slaves: From the Revolution to the New Republic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Who were the enslaved people in colonial America? Using ads from enslavers looking to recapture escaped people, young historians put faces and identities to them. Primary sources, such as wanted ads, help scholars reconstruct who these...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Native American Gender Roles in Maryland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Toss gender roles out the window—some societies lived in a world where women not only possessed the family wealth but also were the farmers and butchers. Many Native American societies had more gender equity than European societies....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maryland Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 6th
After selecting State Unit Studies and clicking on Maryland, you'll be directed to a page with several useful links! You'll get basic state facts, a map of the state, and information on the flower, capital, flag, bird, dog, cat, etc! So...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Depicting the Piscataways: The Government of Maryland Student Booklet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct an original booklet that consists of summaries and artwork dealing with their study of the state of Maryland. They work on this booklet after their study of the Piscataways, a Native American tribe in Maryland,...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Maryland: A Middle Ground?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is Maryland in or out? Using primary source documents that examine the state's geopolitical location, learners discuss whether the Old Line State is Northern or Southern to its core. The resource includes numerous documents and...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

The Tobacco Economy: How did the Geography of the Chesapeake Region Influence its Development?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explore the relationship between geography and economy using primary sources. After examining wills, advertisements, and other primary sources, individuals consider how the Chesapeake Region came to be home first to indentured servants,...
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

This Land is Whose Land?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Whose land is it, anyway? Young scholars debate the question using primary sources from a case where Maryland indigenous people petitioned for land rights after they lost their original tribal lands. An included chart helps organize...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maryland Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Maryland worksheet, students put answers to a crossword puzzle into the puzzle that represent Maryland's history. Students put 8 words in the crossword puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maryland Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Maryland worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about Maryland's history. Students answer 10 questions about Maryland's history.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrate Colonial Maryland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research colonial Maryland. In this colonial Maryland lesson, students participate in a WebQuest to investigate how families led their lives long ago. Students compare family and city life from long ago and today. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native to Maryland

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore Native American tribes in Maryland. In this Maryland history instructional activity, students investigate Native American tribes in a webquest. After completing the webquest students create a triarama.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Native American Gender Roles in Maryland: Predictions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this historical analysis graphic organizer worksheet, student use the provided graphic organizer to provide details regarding Native American gender roles in Maryland.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Could Vote in Maryland in 1776?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this voting rights worksheet, high schoolers examine 4 images and identify the individuals who would have been able to vote in 1776 in Maryland.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Maryland word jumble

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this Maryland worksheet, students unscramble the words that represent Maryland's history. Students unscramble 20 words that represent the state of Maryland.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Mpt: Exploring Maryland's Roots: The Colony Begins (1634 1640)

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth site includes videos and interactive learning activities to help you learn more about Maryland as it was being founded. Play the game that lets you build your own plantation and find out all the problems colonists faced in...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Exploring Maryland's Roots: Voyage to Marie's Land

For Students 9th - 10th
Two interactive "choose your own adventure" type games that let you experience what it might have been like to prepare for a journey to Marie's Land and actually take that journey.
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Interactive
Thinkport Education

Mpt: Exploring Maryland's Roots: Visit a Woodland Indian Village

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a Woodlands Indian village in the area of what became Maryland. By using drawings from early explorers, this representative village helps you understand the culture of the Eastern Woodland Indians.
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Website
A&E Television

History.com: Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a detailed look at the state of Maryland! From its earliest history and peoples, to present day facts which include population, climate, geography, plants and animals, economy, government, cultural life, sports and recreation,...
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Website
Other

Archives of Maryland Online: Proceedings of General Assembly, 1637 1664

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides historic documents that make up early Maryland's government.
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Handout
Cayuse Canyon

The Us50: Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers comprehensive information regarding Maryland's history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.
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Website
Other

Maryland Historical Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological outline of the history of the state of Maryland, from 10,000 B.C. to present.