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. Scroll below to explore our lessons and book a program!

Participants explore original historical evidence from the MCHC collection, including documents, images, artifacts, and audio/visual clips. Questions and conversation with the museum educator and among the field trip attendees is encouraged.

Minimum Number of Participants per Program: 10

Maximum Number of Participants per Program: 40

We can learn a lot from the things a soldier carried. Students will analyze artifacts to learn how soldiers lived during the American Revolutionary War. 60 minute program. This program is FREE through a grant from the Society of Cincinnati.
Grades 4-8.

This program narrates the story of Douglass’s extraordinary life as an abolitionist, statesman, and author in Maryland and beyond. Students will analyze primary source documents from Douglass and view photographs, timelines, and other sources that explore the fruitful legacy he left behind. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 2-12.

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 other forms of discrimination during the Reconstruction era and up to the 1970s. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 8-12.

This program is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University. Celebrate Black History by exploring Black Marylanders experiences and impacts on the state and country at large. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 4-12. 

From tobacco plantations to the shipyards of Baltimore, students learn about the diverse experiences of enslaved African American in the United States. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 8-12.

What does a historian do? Step into the role of junior historian and examine primary sources and artifacts to learn more about the Indigenous Peoples of the Chesapeake. Learn about life along the Chesapeake Bay and how it changed when Indigenous peoples met the Colonists.  Students will examine and primary sources and artifacts to understand the importance of analyzing multiple points of view. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 3-7.

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. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 3-8.

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. 45 minute program. $50 per program for in-state public schools and $100 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades Pre-K-2.

Combining important media literacy skills with historical thinking, students examine the fears, pressures, and motivations experienced by Americans living on the homefront. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 7-12.

Using the Chesapeake Bay as a case study, participants gain a deeper understanding of how humans have affected the water around, from the Native Americans to today. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 4-12.

Celebrate the history of 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. 60 minute program. $75 per program for in-state public schools and $125 for out-of-state and private Maryland schools.
Grades 6-12.

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Contact Tyler Osborne, Digital Learning Manager, by phone at 410-685-3750, ext. 378, or by email at [email protected]