Hammond-Harwood House Museum [MD]

Description

The Hammond-Harwood House was built in 1774 for the 25-year-old tobacco planter Matthias Hammond of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Collecting since 1938, the museum now housed in it has long been the home of some of the finest decorative and fine arts the state of Maryland has had to offer. Today, the museum houses one of the largest collections of paintings by Charles Willson Peale and furniture by John Shaw in the area.

The house offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, occasional lectures, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Patapsco Valley State Park [MD]

Description

In one of Maryland's first state parks (1907), the valley and its natural resources have been enjoyed by the Native Americans, explorers, settlers, and present-day citizens. With its source in Frederick and Carroll counties, the Patapsco serves the Port of Baltimore, and empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The Avalon Visitor Center houses exhibits spanning over 300 years of history along the Patapsco River. Housed in a 19th-century stone dwelling in the Avalon Area, the center includes a recreation of a 1930s forest warden's office. The park contains several historic sites, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Thomas Viaduct, remains of the Orange Grove Mill, the Avalon Iron and Nail Works, and Bloedes Dam.

The park offers exhibits and tours.

USS Constellation [MD]

Description

USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy, is open to the public as a museum in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The USS Constellation Museum invites guests to discover life on board the only Civil War era vessel still afloat and explore the ship's maritime history.

The ship offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, living history events, lectures, and other educational and recreational programs.

Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum [MD]

Description

Founded in 1990, the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum is a private, nonprofit corporation. The Museum's purpose is to maintain an educational institution dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and documentation of aviation and space history in Maryland—namely, the contributions of Glenn L. Martin and his successful company. On display are many items of Maryland historical significance, including industrial models of aircraft and rockets, wind tunnel models, restored and partly-restored aircraft, and many original photographs outlining the growth of the Martin Company. An effort has been made to chronologically depict this growth from its beginnings in Santa Ana, California, to its current standing as the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The Museum also spotlights aviation history in Maryland. Unknown to most, the United State's earliest manned flight took place in Maryland.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and lectures.

Ocean City Life-saving Station Museum [MD]

Description

Housed in an 1891 structure used 1962 by the Life-saving Service and then by the Coast Guard, the museum offers exhibits featuring the history of the U.S. Life-saving Service and of Ocean City. It also displays a mermaid collection, shipwreck artifacts, sands of the world, and bathing fashions. Aquariums feature local marine life.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs and demonstrations.

Baltimore American Indian Center [MD]

Description

The Baltimore American Indian Center (BAIC) is an urban American Indian Center established to assist and support American Indian and Alaskan Native families with moving into an urban environment and adjusting to the culture change they will experience. The BAIC also serves as a focal point for the Indian community for social and cultural activities and to educate non-native people about the cultures of the North American Indian and Alaskan Native communities.

The Center offers educational cultural classes and workshops, as well as an annual powwow.

Summer Institute 2009: Ethnicity to Regionalism: Explorations in Backcountry Material Culture

Description

This institute provides the opportunity to analyze and investigate the material culture and decorative arts of the early South. Each summer the institute focuses on one region of the early South, rotating its concentration from the Chesapeake to the Carolina Low Country to the southern Backcountry.

The 2009 Institute emphasizes the material culture of the early southern Backcountry, including the piedmont and western regions of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, as well as Tennessee and Kentucky. The program curriculum includes lectures, discussions, work­shops, artifact studies, research projects, and study trips.

Contact name
Gant, Sally
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Old Salem
Phone number
336-721-7361
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$1,800. Partial tuition fellowships are available. Students are responsible for housing and meal expenses.
Course Credit
Three hours of graduate credit are awarded through the University of Virginia's Graduate Program in the History of Art and Architecture.
Contact Title
Director of Education
Duration
Twenty-six days
End Date

Middle States Regional Conference on the Social Studies

Description

The theme of this conference is "One Earth, One World."

Sponsoring Organization
Middle States Council for the Social Studies
Contact email
Location
Salisbury, MD
Contact name
Sanelli, Maria
Contact Title
Conference Chair
Start Date
End Date

Richard M. Farrell Teacher of Merit Award

Description

The Richard M. Farrell Teacher of Merit Award is awarded annually to an educator who uses the National History Day program as part of the curriculum.

Sponsoring Organization
National History Day
Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible, a teacher must be a participant in the National History Day program and be nominated by the state History Day coordinator. The evaluation criteria are as follows:

Development and use of creative teaching methods that interest students in history and help them make exciting discoveries about the past. Examples could include active learning projects, such as mock debates or oral history projects; innovative use of primary sources; integrated communication technology in history research and classroom learning; teaching methods which link history to students' broader interests (e.g., using interdisciplinary approaches to historical topics by developing projects which link history to current events, debates, and issues); or the use of teaching methods which build a range of skills in students as they study history.

Exemplary commitment to helping students develop their interest in history and recognize their achievements. Examples could include exemplary support and guidance for students working on History Day projects; assistance in helping students showcase their history projects within the community and/or publish their material; overall commitment to the intellectual development of individual students; or encouragement of student to use their understanding of history to become engaged, informed citizens in their community and beyond.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$1,000
Location
College Park, MD