Virtual Field Trips: K-12

Enhance your classroom experience and bring history to life without having to leave your school. Our Virtual Field Trips inspire students as they engage with stories and artifacts virtually. Please visit our Schedule Programs page to book your Virtual Field Trip.

Step into the role of junior historian and examine primary sources and artifacts to learn more about the Eastern Woodland Indians living in Maryland in 1634.
Grades 3-7. Learn more.

An important symbol of a country, a national anthem is meant to help foster patriotism, unify the people, and represent a nation’s values to the rest of the world. But how does a song do that?
Grades K-8. Learn more.

Students consider the choices early colonists made when deciding what supplies to bring to the New World, taking into account factors such as necessities for survival and resources available in America.
Grades 3-8. Learn more.

Travel back in time with a teacher from the 1800s! Designed especially for young students, children learn about the past and compare their own life with that of children from long ago.
Grades Pre-K-2. Learn more.

From tobacco plantations to the shipyards of Baltimore, students learn about the diverse experiences of enslaved African American in the United States.
Grades 4-12. Learn more.

Combining important media literacy skills with historical thinking, students examine the fears, pressures, and motivations experienced by Americans living on the homefront.
Grades 7-12. Learn more.

Emotions were running high in 1812, and lots of insults and accusations were flying! To synthesize what they have learned about the causes of the war, students compose their own rap battles of history.
Grades 4-12. Learn more.

Using the Chesapeake Bay as a case study, participants gain a deeper understanding of how humans have affected the Chesapeake Bay watershed, from the Native Americans to today. This program is carried out in partnership with the National Aquarium.
Grades 4-12. Learn more.

Using original historical evidence pulled from the MCHC collections, students engage in a three-round debate focusing on the social, economic, and political issues facing Maryland lawmakers during the Civil War.
Grades 8-12 (Personal Device Compatible). Learn more.

We can learn a lot from the things a soldier carried. Students work in teams to examine Revolutionary War-era objects and compete to gather the supplies they need to join the Revolution.
Grades 4-8. Learn more.

During this program, students examine the spectrum of public reactions to the end of slavery in Maryland with perspectives from famed abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, former slaveholders, and politicians.
Grades 8-12. Learn more.

This program narrates the story of Douglass’s life. Students focus on analyzing primary source documents from Douglass and view photographs, timelines, and other sources that explore the legacy he left behind.
Grades 2-12. Learn more.

During this live, interactive program students will use the state of Maryland as a lens to learn about the civil rights movement. They will examine oral histories, photographs, and newspaper articles to understand how people protested segregation and discrimination after the Civil War and up to the 1960s during the civil rights movement.
Grades 8-12. Learn more.

2020 is the Year of the Woman and what better way to celebrate than to highlight the women’s suffrage movement in Maryland! Learn about the lives of Margaret Brent, Harriett Tubman, Julia Emory, and more to gain a richer understanding of the history of activists fighting for voting rights.
Grades 6-12. Learn more.

Virtual Field Trips are offered Tuesday through Friday. Please pay attention to the time requirements of all programs.

The MCHC provides many grants to help make our programs accessible. Visit our Grant Funding page to learn more.

Call 410-685-3750, ext. 317, or email aanderson@mdhistory.org.

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“It was awesome to see so many standards embedded into one lesson, both reading and social studies standards. I also think it was great they could see so many artifacts. I have already recommended this program to others.”

“Today’s video conference was perfect! You did such a wonderful job keeping the kids engaged and making connections with each and every child who spoke. Your enthusiasm came through. The teachers loved it too!”

“We had a blast! I was jotting down some of the reading AND social studies standards that you worked on today. It was impressive. The kids were engaged and had so much fun while learning.”