Good day! Welcome to a tour of the Godiah Spray Plantation. This living-history museum site is located at Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland. Actors represent members of an English "family" who live on a farm near the St. Mary's River in Maryland, long ago in l661.

     To prepare for your tour, think about what you know and what you'd like to learn. Predict some of the things you think you'll learn. Write down some of your thoughts.

     Next write two or more questions you would like to have answered during your visit. Look for answers to your questions as you go through the text and pictures. Go to Think About It for more ideas. You may want to revise your questions and ask new ones as you read and look at the pictures.

     When you finish, be ready to share what you have learned. Keep your eyes open, look for answers to your questions, and enjoy your journey back to 1661.