Teaching American History in Maryland - Documents for the Classroom

National History Standards

Materials compiled in this document can be used by educators to fulfill the following National History Standards for Grades 5-12:

Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Standard 3 The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes

Standard 3A: The student understands how the "second industrial revolution" changed the nature and conditions of work.

7-12: Explain the change from workshop to factory and how it altered the worker's world. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships]
9-12: Account for employment in different regions of the country as affected by gender, race, ethnicity, and skill. [Formulate historical questions]

Era 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

STANDARD 1 The causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society.

Standard 1B: The student understands how American life changed during the 1930s.

7-12: Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on industry and workers and explain the response of local and state officials in combating the resulting economic and social crises. [Analyze multiple causation]

Primary Resources

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, Canning factory on St. John Street
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: n. d.
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-5339
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, women hand-packing tomatoes in a cannery
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: n. d.
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-6186
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, workers picking peaches at Harrison's Nurseries
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: n. d.
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-6491
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, picking crabs for market
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: before 1906
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-4752
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, B. E. Harrington Canning Factory, Taylor's Island, Md.
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca. 1910
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-5333
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, Strawberry sorters packing crates
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca. 1925
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-1-6609
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, Anne Arundel County farmers with strawberry harvest
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1928
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-1-6734
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, picking string beans by the bushel basket
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1928
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-1-6564
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, McGrath Company canning facility
DATE CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca.1940
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-6185
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

DESCRIPTION: Photograph, Women picking crabmeat
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CREATED/PUBLISHED: c. 1940
SOURCE: Robert G. Merrick Archives of Maryland Historical Photographs, MSA SC 1477-1-6720
REPOSITORY: Maryland State Archives

See also:

Associated Heritage and Preservation Organizations

National Colonial Farm Museum
3400 Bryan Point Road
Accokeek, MD 20607 - 9676
(301) 283-2113

Oxon Hill Farm
6400 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745 - 1106
(202) 690-5185

Carroll County Farm Museum (former almshouse)
500 South Center St.
Westminster, MD 21157
(410) 876-2667, (410) 848-7775
1-800-654-4645 (toll free)

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Credits

Teaching American History in Maryland is a collaborative partnership of the Maryland State Archives and the Center for History Education (CHE), University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and the following sponsoring school systems: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public School System, Baltimore County Public Schools, and Howard County Public Schools.

Other program partners include the Martha Ross Center for Oral History, Maryland Historical Society, State Library Resource Center/Enoch Pratt Free Library, with assistance from the National Archives and Records Administration and the Library of Congress. The program is funded through grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

This document packet was researched and developed by Nancy Bramucci.

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National History Standards

Primary Resources

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