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Traveling Trunk
Eastern Woodland Indian Cultures of Maryland


The Education program at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum created a traveling trunk on Eastern Woodland Indian Cultures of Maryland. Replica tools and objects are combined with prepared lesson plans to provide hands-on programs in the classroom.


This program of nine units and sixteen lesson plans was developed to meet Maryland's current Voluntary State Curriculum for 4th graders, but each lesson can easily be adapted for a variety of audiences. The units cover a variety of topics, including cultural lifeways, foodways, trade and transportation, adornment, oral traditions, games and Native Americans in Maryland today.

Unit 1: Woodland Lifeways
Lesson: A Child's World
A Child's World Worksheet
Lesson: Survival
Survival - Tool Kit Analysis Worksheet
Lesson: Waste Not, Want Not
Waste Not, Want Not Worksheet

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Unit 2: Paleo-Indians and Late Woodland Indians in Maryland
Lesson: Cultural Contrasts
Map: Paleo and Late Woodland Sites

Unit 3: Foodways
Lesson: What's For Dinner?
Today's Menu Worksheet

Unit 4: Transportation & Trade Unit
Lesson: Where's the Store and how do we get there?
Map: Trade & Physiographic Regions

Unit 5: Oral Histories & Traditions
Lesson: Tell Me A Story
Lesson: A Long Time Ago
Story: Kishelemukong
Lesson: My Own Story

Unit 6: Primary Sources
Lesson: Examining Father Andrew White's Journal
Journal Excerpts - Student Version
Journal Excerpts - Teacher Version
Fact vs. Opinion Worksheet
Lesson: Encountering the Wigwam
My Journal - Wigwam Description Worksheet
Lesson: Artifact Analysis
Artifact Analysis Worksheet

Unit 7: Beauty & Status
Lesson: Looking One's Best

Unit 8: Eastern Woodland Games
Lesson: Running from Tree to Tree
Pebble Puzzle Worksheet

Unit 9: Native Americans in Maryland Today
Lesson: Stereotypes of Today
Lesson: Their Culture, My Culture - Our Culture
Meet Naiche Worksheet

Two Eastern Woodland Indian Cultures trunks are available to all Maryland educators and may be rented for a period of three weeks or a trunk may be purchased. The rental and purchase agreements are available for downloading below.

RENTAL AGREEMENT

Onsite Programs  ||  Outreach Programs   ||  Traveling Trunk  ||
Environmental Education  || Special Events  ||  Workshops  ||     
Self Guided Walking Tours  ||  Native American Village & Garden

For additional information and volunteer opportunities contact the Education staff at  410-586-8504 or efrere@mdp.state.md.us