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Cost: $140 for members; $150 for non-members; $10 discount for additional siblings

Register early as this is always a popular summer activity.

CAMP EXPLORERS will discover—

• the Jefferson Patterson “trunk”, a treasure trove of early Native American artifacts.
• whether money really did grow on trees (or plants). Find out how tobacco was used as currency and grown in Anne Arundel County.
• what the Peggy Stewart was and who burned it.
• the wealthiest man in Annapolis during its "Golden Age", William Paca. He’ll take us on a tour of his home and even introduce us to his cook!

Camp director: Georgia Ladd

Mrs. Georgia K. Ladd has organized the past 3 “Summer Series’” camps at the Captain Salem Avery House and Museum in Shady Side, Maryland. She believes that summer activities for kids should be hands-on and active. “I like to incorporate activities into the camp that I don’t have time to do during the school year”, said Mrs. Ladd, who is a fourth-grade teacher in Anne Arundel County. Among her many achievements, she was named the Preserve America Gilder Lehrman Maryland History Teacher of the Year for 2009. More about Georgia.......

Georgia brings fifteen years of teaching experience to the camp and enjoys teaching kids year-after-year. She believes that this mode of teaching, “active learning”, gets students involved and interested in history. She believes that students, whatever their age, need to be in an environment where there are many different opportunities to learn.

In addition to being named “Maryland History Teacher of the Year”, Mrs. Ladd is involved in a variety of activities. She is called upon to present information at various state and national-level teacher’s conferences, she offers training to other teachers in Anne Arundel County, and is pursuing a Master’s Degree in History to add to her existing Master’s Degree in Education. In her free time, she participates in several living history experiences in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Georgia is a native Marylander who has enjoyed history her whole life. She lives in Shady Side with her husband and two children. She was initially drawn into the world of history while completing a family genealogy project. "It's one thing to read about it in history books, it's a totally different thing to relive the lives of people in the past."