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Native American Gender Roles in Maryland
Author: Robin August, Deep Creek Elementary School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Pontiac's War
Author: Tina Nelson, Office of Social Studies, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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This Land is Whose Land?
Author: Mary Davis, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Colonial Tea Parties
Author: Tamara Dingman, Richard Henry Lee Elementary School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Runaway Slaves: From the Revolution to the New Republic
Author: Carol Thornton, Tracey's Elementary School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Who Burned the Peggy Stewart?
Author: Kathleen Wilson, Germantown Elementary School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Was the Stamp Act Fair?
Author: Abbey Campbell, Logan Elementary & Shannon Halpin, Edmondson Heights Elementary, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Elementary (3-4-5)
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The Non-Importation Movement
Author: Deborah A. Neumann, Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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Democratic Ideas of the 1776 Maryland Constitution
Author: Kathleen Wilson, Germantown Elementary School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper elementary
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Who Fired the Shot Heard Round the World?
Author: Elaine M. Price, Odenton Elementary, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
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Freedom for All? The Contradictions of Slavery and Freedom in the Maryland Constitution
Author: Mary E. Zynda, Teaching American History in Baltimore City Program
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
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Fighting for Whose Freedom? Black Soldiers in the American Revolution
Author: Tina Nelson, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Upper Elementary
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The League of Peace and Power-The Six Iroquois Nations and the American Revolution
Author: Shannon C. McCutchen, Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
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The Founding Fathers and the Constitutional Struggle Over Centralized Power
Author: Sean Berg, Lakeland Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: Upper Elementary/Middle
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Why is John Adams Standing on Thomas Jefferson's Foot?
Author: Stephanie Hagberg, Rolling Knolls Elementary
Grade Level: Elementary School
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Methods of Reform: The Lowell Mill Girls
Author: Wendy Schanberger, Hereford Middle School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle
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Daily Lives of Slaves - What Really Happened?
Author: Wendy Schanberger, Hereford Middle School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Exploring the Lives of Black Women During the 19th Century
Author: K. Wise Whitehead, West Baltimore Middle School, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Lincoln and the Republicans: The Cause of the War?
Author: John Soos, Sudbrook Middle Magnet, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle
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Maryland During the Secession Crisis
Author: Jim May, Bel Air Middle School, Harford County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Northern Racism and the New York City Draft Riots of 1863
Author: Kevin Kelly, Lansdowne Middle School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Civil War Weaponry and Medicine: A Disastrous Mismatch
Author: Matthew Croson, Hamilton Middle School, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: Middle
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: 19th Century African-American Writer and Reformer
Author: Gayle K. Dietrich, St. Katherine of Sienna School, Baltimore City
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Did Southern Free Men of Color Fight for the Ideals of the South?
Author: K. Wise Whitehead, West Baltimore Middle School, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: Middle
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Helping to Move On? An Analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments
Author: Courtney Hoffberger, Arundel High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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The Freedmen's Bureau: Success or Failure?
Author: John Soos, Sudbrook Middle Magnet, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Understanding the Great Migration
Author: Sherry E. Spector, Parkdale High, Prince George's County Public Schools
Grade Level: High School
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Dust Bowl Story
Author: Lawrence Miller, Baltimore City College, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: High
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Debating Social Security: Understanding and Evaluating the Social Security Act of 1935
Author: Karen Hodges, Academy for College & Career Exploration, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: High
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The Federal Theatre Project: Analyzing Conflict Among Relief, Art, and Politics in 1930s America
Author: Matthew Power, Patapsco High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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African Americans and the Democratic Party
Author: Sue Pennington, Wilde Lake High School, Howard County Public School System
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Franklin Roosevelt's Proposal for Reforming the Supreme Court: 168 Days of National Debate
Author: Nancy Sinclair, Sparrows Point High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: High
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Continuity or Change? African Americans in World War II
Author: Karen Hodges, Academy for College & Career Exploration, Baltimore City Public School System
Grade Level: High School
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Japanese American Internment During World War II
Author: Heather Steven, Glen Burnie High, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: High School
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Post-War Suburbanization: Homogenization
Author: Bruce Lesh, Franklin High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: High
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Brown v. the Board of Education: Success or Failure?
Author: Jamie S. Binder, Franklin High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Confronting Third World Nationalism: The United States and the Overthrow of Prime Minister Mossadegh
Author: Jennifer Woods, Broadneck High, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: High School
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A Presidential Decision - The Bay of Pigs
Author: Jamie S. Binder, Franklin High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Speaking Freely In the Soviet Union's Autocratic Government
Author: Mollie S. MacAdams, Southern Middle, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle/High
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Contextualizing a Historical Photograph: Busing and the Anti-busing Movement in Boston
Author: Bruce Lesh, Franklin High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
Grade Level: High
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
Author: Stacey Billingsley, South River High, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Grade Level: High
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