Students demonstrate an understanding of the personal relationship that Wabanaki peoples had with the land by analyzing selected Wabanaki place names. They practice map-reading and map-making skills.

Students explore the New England colonies inj this five lessons unit. The colonies of plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut are highlighted through a variety of techniques.

Fifth graders examine the role of Salem's merchants. Using the live of Elias Hasket Derby, they identify how he helped open up Salem's ports to the world and how it helped America grow as a country. Reading primary source documents, they...

Seventh graders examine how economics can empower or disempowers people of a nation. In groups, they analyze how commodities for economic power have changed and the trends that might affect future empowerment. They describe Canada's...

Students read an article on the British Empire.  In this ESL lesson, students explore the British Empire from the 1600's, then work in small groups to complete several activities that reinforce the information learned in the...

Explore the maritime history of Florida through its shipwrecks. Site includes list of shipwreck sites, maps of shipwrecks, and extensive history.

A collection of documents that explores the maritime history of Wisconsin.

Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.

Read this site from the University of Calgary to learn why the Europeans dominated maritime trade and war during the 1500s. Make sure to use the arrow bottom at the button to read more.

The maritime history of Yarmouth, NovaScotia is profiled. The history of captains and ship owners as well as different vessels and folklore of past times is included.

This great site offers information about the Chesapeake Bay, its history, people and it's stories. "Tour" the museum to find interesting information.

Who maintains our maritime infrastructure? Step back to the 1920s and meet some of the men and boats of the U.S. Lighthouse Service while learning about the hundreds of aids to navigation in New York Harbor.

This site provides a discussion from the University of Calgary of the extensive maritime voyages taken during the Ming dynasty. A map is included.

In the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world. Portugal turned to the boundless Atlantic Ocean as its only outlet to the wider...

Listen to the oral histories of four men and one woman who worked in America's shipyards and aboard her cargo ships during World War II to keep American armed forces supplied with machinery and ammunition.

Over 14,000 files and 3,000 images of ships throughout history are located at this site.

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. The collection...

View the Smithsonian's collection of patent models that demonstrate marine inventions from the 1770s to the 1950s that attempted to change and improve the challenges Americans encountered working and traveling on the water.

Enter the world of the sea and find out how women have played an active role in maritime affairs throughout history. Read about everything from mythical mermaids to real women in the navy.

As part of a series, this resource profiles the Bluenose schooner. She sailed in Maritime competitive races and now has a replica in Halifax harbour. Learn about the Bluenose's history and her competitive spirit. Includes a brief video...

The Smithsonian's maritime collections contain many objects relating to the steamship Leviathan, the largest American passenger ship of the 1920s and 1930s. View these mementos originally preserved by passengers and crew to remember...

Illustrated accounts of the destruction and loss of two ships sailing to America across the Atlantic illuminate the dangers of nineteenth-century travel and the modes of rescue available at the time. With a range of archival material,...

This unit examines globalization from its true origins rooted in China's desire for silver and in Spain's conquest of mines in America.

Learn about the cost of maintaining a maritime empire in America by considering the wreck of the British sloop Industry, which sank off the coast of Saint Augustine in 1764. The loss of the ship along with her cargo demonstrates that...