Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Watermen of the Chesapeake
In this resource, students can meet the modern-day watermen of the Chesapeake Bay region. Find out about their day-to-day struggles with living and working within the nation's largest estuary system.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Maryland
This site has a colorful display of information about Maryland. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Baltimore, Maryland: Discover Our Shared Heritage
Explore both the past and present of this city by taking this on-line tour of 43 properties. Use the maps, descriptions and photographs to increase your knowledge of this interesting city.
Kidport
Kidport: United States of America Geography
This site contains a fun way to learn about the states within the United States. Click on the state that you want to learn more about and it provides facts, geographic landmarks, points of interest, major industries, a quiz and more.
Other
State of Maryland
Official homepage provides information on the government of Maryland, business, education, agencies, and more.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Border States in the Civil War
From "The Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War" is this explanation of the critical importance of the border states and why the Lincoln administration worked to keep these states as part of the Union.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: New Netherland and Maryland
Find out about Dutch exploration and settlement in the area explored by Henry Hudson. Scrolling through will take you to information about New Netherland and the settling of New Sweden which later became Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University: Maryland State Maps
At this site from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, you can learn more about the geography of Maryland by studying the maps found on this website. The maps are colorful and easy to understand.
S.E. Schlosser
American Folklore: Maryland Folklore
Read brief folktales, myths and legends from the state of Maryland.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Maryland Poets
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Maryland includes information on the poet laureate, Michael S. Glaser. Other sections include featured poets (Edgar Allan Poe and Lucille Clifton) and...
Cayuse Canyon
The Us50: Maryland
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.
NSTATE
The Geography of Maryland
Here you will find a variety of facts about the geography of the state of Maryland. Find out the geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Maryland
Did you know about the Chestertown Tea Party? Why is there the Mason and Dixon line? What is a "Jimmy?" The Library of Congress provides this article of fun facts about Maryland.
Other
Maryland Historical Chronology
A chronological outline of the history of the state of Maryland, from 10,000 B.C. to present.
Other
Maryland State Symbols
Click on a word to find lots of information and a picture of each Maryland state symbol.
CRW Flags
Flags of the World: Clickable Map of the United States
Includes both printable images and fascinating trivia behind the flag of each state. It includes alternate flags used in the past.
US Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service: Maryland
This site has a state fact sheet on Maryland from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You will find information on the population, farm characteristics, and top commodities and exports.
Other
Maryland Secretary of State Kids Page: State Symbols
A colorful page about Maryland's state symbols. Pictures and information about each symbol are given.
Other
Toys and Games for Kids in Colonial Maryland
Use this site to learn the many different ways that Colonial children entertained themselves. Find out about the games they played, toys they had, and how they even made some chores into games.
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Slavery in the Maryland Province
This is a collection of documents related to slavery in the Maryland Province.
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: Mc Culloch v. Maryland
This resource provides a summary of the case of McCulloch v. Maryland along with the majority opinion written by John Marshall.
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: The Maryland Toleration Act
This site discusses the actual effects of the Maryland Toleration Act. Clicking on "Text" will take you to the original document.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Other Colonies
This website gives just a brief run-down of the founding of the 13 original colonies.
Other
Geography of Maryland: Brief Overview
A nice, informative site about the geography of Maryland. Presents numerous facts and a summary of the three land regions of Maryland.