Maryland

 For our Maryland studies we really enjoyed learning about the biodiversity of the Chesapeake Bay and also learning about some really important historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, and Thurgood Marshall.

Books:

• Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters

• A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan

• Maryland (A True Book: My United States) by Vicky Franchino

• B is for Blue Crab: A Maryland Alphabet by Shirley C. Menendez

• Assateague: Island of Wild Ponies by Andrea Jauck and Larry Points

• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

• The Flag Maker by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

• By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll

• Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh

• Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares

• Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome

• Who Was Harriet Tubman? by Yona Z. McDonough

• Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome

• Who Was Frederick Douglass? By April Prince

• Thurgood by Jonah Winter

• Aunt Flossie’s Hats by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

• Ticktock Banneker's Clock by Shana Keller

• Sweet Dreams Chesapeake Bay by Adriane Doherty

• Chesapeake Bay Wetlands by William Rice

• Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America by Susan Fillion

• Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks

Art Project:

Baltimore Orioles

The kids decided to depict Baltimore orioles (the state bird). on a white oak tree (state tree) branch. Multimedia: sharpie outlines, oil pastels, plus watercolor for the oriole's orange ombre and sky background.