Helpful Links for 4th Grade Helpful Links for 5th Grade Field Trips Smithsonian Resources Archaeology Resources

Helpful Links for 4th Grade Unit 4.1: The Impact of Geography: Defining Three Worlds Maryland Geography Information, click on Geography MCPS Maryland Resources 4.1. Lesson Sequence 3, Historical Map of Maryland (1671) Spray Plantation, Near the St. Mary's River, Maryland, 1661 Resources on Native Americans Close Encounters of the First Kind, 1585 - 1767: MD State Archives : Documents for the Classroom Maryland Indians, Day in the Life of a Yacomaco man and woman Lesson Sequence 4: AGOP Research Model (Ask, Gather, Organize, Present) Teaching About Native Americans to Young People Tips on Teaching About Native Americans - Includinggood fictions and non-fiction ideas Index of Native American Teaching Resources on the Internet Forgotten Folk: Maryland Indians Maryland Historical Society - Traveling Trunks of Artifacts: Forgotten Folk, Maryland Indian Artifacts Sets: Archaic Indian Artifacts Set, Clovis Point Set, Mississippi Artifacts Set, Paleo-Indian Artifacts Set (enter item in website search) Unit 4.2: Migration: Three Worlds Collide Historic St. Mary’s City St. Mary’s Field Trips Godiah Spray Plantation Historic St. Mary’s Plimoth Plantation, Mayflower Passengers Plimoth Plantation: Mayflower: William Bradford Plimoth Plantation: Mayflower: voyage, first winter and the concept of thanksgiving Maryland Historical Society – Traveling Trunks: Many Homelands, One New Home: Immigration to MD Grades 3-12 Background on Bacon’s Rebellion Unit 4.3: The Colonies Thrive; 1700 - 1763 and Today Chesapeake Bay Resource Maryland’s Watermen, End of an Era – Part of Pride of Maryland Colonial Artifacts Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Resources - includes 18th century artifact sets: A Soldier’s Haversack, Lady’s Pocket, and Slave’s Bag Maryland Historical Society – Traveling Trunks of Artifacts: Colonial Maryland, Building a New World. Explore everyday life in early Maryland from the settlement at St. Mary's City in 1634 to the growth of towns and a thriving economy in the mid- 1700s. 18th Century Reproductions including clothing, and cooking items French & Indian War (aka - Seven Years War) The Battle of Fort Necessity Braddock Road Preservation Society Additional Resources Jim Cronin's Website from Montgomery College - chronologies of U.S., Maryland, and European History, links to artifacts, biographies, and primary sources

Helpful Links for 5th Grade Unit 5.1: Citizens in Action: The Colonies Revolt; 1763-1783 and Today French and Indian War (aka - Seven Years War) The Battle of Fort Necessity Braddock Road Preservation Society Colonial Artifacts Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Resources - includes 18th century artifact sets: A Soldier’s Haversack, Lady’s Pocket, and Slave’s Bag 18th Century Reproductions including clothing, and cooking items George Washington Portraits George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years The Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart Stuart's Lansdowne Portrait of Washington by Charles Henry (Library of Congress, American Memory Historical Collections) The Revolutionary War The Writing of the Star Spangled Banner Maryland Historical Society – Traveling Trunks: Revolutionary War Haversack: Marching with the Maryland Line Unit 5.2: Economics: Creating a New Nation; 1783-1800 and Today Transcripts of James Madison’s notes from the Constitutional Convention The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Coin Replicas from the 1700s Additional Resources Jim Cronin's Website from Montgomery College - chronologies of U.S., Maryland, and European History, links to artifacts, biographies, and primary sources Field Trips Monticello Smithsonian Field Trips Learning and Resources St. Mary's City Smithsonian Resources Click Here for the complete MCPS Guide to Smithsonian Internet Resources for Teaching U.S. History. Archaeology Resources Click here for a complete list of Archaeology Internet Resources for Grades 4 and 5.