"…that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge spanning the Potomac at Harper’s Ferry was destroyed and rebuilt five times during the Civil War?"
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Traveling Trunks
Large trunks filled with reproduction primary source artifacts and documents that travel to your classroom for a three-week rental. Also include lessons plans, activity suggestions, worksheets, and audiovisuals. Cost varies by trunk and includes return shipping*.
Rental Period: Three-week loan
Call 410- 685-3750, ext. 334 to book a trunk. Confirmation letters will be sent as soon as a trunk is booked. General Use and Shipping Instructions
Scholarship Programs: MdHS has two scholarship programs supporting traveling trunk rentals for the 2012-2013 school year. These programs will pay for a trunk rental including shipping costs to your school. One trunk per school.
Delaplaine Foundation: The Delaplaine Foundation supports trunks sent to Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties
Concordia Foundation: The Concordia Foundation supports trunks sent to Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester counties.
 | Colonial Maryland: Building the New World: Delve into life for colonial Marylanders in the 1600 and 1700s; students can try on clothes, handle objects, explore sights & sounds of early Maryland life with an emphasis on comparing the early and late colonial period and the various social classes (Grades 4&5) Cost: $125, includes return shipping |
 | Revolutionary War Haversack: Be a soldier in the American Revolution; carry his haversack and explore the objects that he carried with him for day-to-day survival. (Grades 4-8) Cost: $85, includes return shipping |
 | Growing Up in Maryland: Children’s lives and experiences long ago through hands-on exploration of games, books, playthings, and pictures of daily life; a good introduction to the concept of the past (Grades Pre-K-3) Cost: $85, includes return shipping |
 | Tools of the Historian: Learn how historians use primary sources, including documents, photographs, objects and oral histories to create a view of the past; kit includes archeological objects, maps, pictures, oral history recordings and more (Grades 4-12) Cost: $85, includes return shipping |
 | A Stitch in Time: Quilts: Learn about a functional, everyday item that is not only an artistic expression but also a part of women’s history; includes books, slides and videos, sewing notions, quilt patterns and games and many images of quilts from different communities (Grades K-8) Cost: $85, includes return shipping |
 | Maryland Indians: An investigation of the lives of Maryland’s Woodland Indians with this rich collection of replica objects. Lesson plans focus on reading content to address the Voluntary Curricula for social studies and reading. (Grades Pre-K-5) Cost: $125, includes return shipping |
| Civil War: Explore the lives of the citizens of Maryland during the Civil War. Students will interact with photographs, objects, and documents to understand the roles of soldiers, women, and African-Americans in a divided society. (Grades 4-8) Cost: $125, includes return shipping |
*Please note: The cost for teachers interested in picking up and dropping off trunks by hand at the museum is $40/trunk. Call the Maryland Historical Society to reserve your trunk.
