Course Library
All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are available FREE OF CHARGE. Registration is required to access the course recording links. Your Registration Confirmation from Chesapeake Forum will have the YouTube links for the course session(s), and in newer courses, will include links to handouts. If you want to be on our mailing list for the Course Offering mailer that goes out prior to each semester, be sure to include your full mailing address when registering.

- with Miranda Donnelly, MS, OTR
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Learn how to make the most of the aging process and the challenges of becoming a caregiver.

- with Douglas Levin, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
A sonar mapped oyster reef reveals geologic history of the Chesapeake Bay from 20,000 years ago.

- with Pamela Conrad, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Join ‘Pan’ Conrad, noted Mars Mission astrobiologist and Episcopal priest and pastor, for a wide-ranging conversation that ties together geographic exploration on earth, space exploration and tourism, empire building and colonialism, science fiction and moral discernment.

- with Miles Yu, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Steve Goldman, DDS
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
A virtual magic carpet ride through the past 230 years to see the facts, foibles, and fallacies of U.S. Presidential Elections.

- with Steve Goldman, DDS
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Tour the past 500 years to see for yourself if “fake news” is a new phenomenon or just “business as usual.”

- with Ron Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Who knew that Lewis Carroll ever contemplated or wrote a draft of the third book of the Alice Trilogy? We will explore some of the hidden meanings in Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Exeunt Alice.

- with Bruce Purdy
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Bruce Purdy
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
A humorous and not so humorous “one man’s trek” through the most difficult places on the globe.

- with William Messner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Ron Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
If black holes emit no light and swallow all that surrounds them, how can we know anything about them? Come and explore what we know about black holes and how we know this.

- with Michele Dodge
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE! Join a wildlife photographer as she explores the birds of the Great Pacific Flyway, a major north-south migratory path over the Sacramento Valley of California. As a wildlife rescuer, she will also show what happens when wildlife clashes with humanity.

- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Anna Ella Carroll and Harriet Tubman are asking for government pensions. You will decide.

- with Forest Hansen, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Judith Cornette, M.Ed, SLP/CCC
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Judith Cornette, M.Ed, SLP/CCC
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Communication needs change as we age, whether naturally or due to neurological challenges. Ms. Cornette will address some of the challenges as well as ways to acquire lasting communication skills.

- with Larry Rudner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Artificial Intelligence is the science and practice of systems that exhibit characteristics we associate with intelligent human behavior. This two-session overview course emphasizes interactive discussions regarding the implementations of AI in the United States and abroad.

- with Hunter Harris
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Each session is a separate video production accessible to registered participants. Climb aboard Airship 103 and enjoy the flights, the views, and technical and operational aspects unique to blimps.

- with Holocaust Museum
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Docent Led Course
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
From Tokyo to Istanbul, the Freer Gallery program will transport you across its many rich holdings.

- with Jake Cannon, DPT
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
In collaboration with Pickering Creek Audubon Center, three (virtual) classes that focus on Eastern Shore songbirds that grace the Eastern Shore landscape. No birding experience needed.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Got waterfowl? Want to see some loons and gannets? How about a warbler or two and maybe even an elusive rail? A “yes” to any or all of these questions qualifies you for this course, with no birding experience necessary.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Two classes coupled with two day-long field trips will focus on waterfowl and coastal specialties likely to be seen in selected birding hotspots on Maryland's Eastern Shore. No birding expertise necessary.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
Two classes coupled with two all day field trips will focus, respectively, on songbird migrants and shorebird transients likely to be seen on selected birding hotspots in Maryland and Delaware.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Participate in class sessions and field trips to identify local birds while learning ecological concepts that both inform and challenge our working landscape past, present and future.

- with Hans Kuschnerus
- & Lynn Randle
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Dr. Yuan Liu
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Recording Now Available!) Join Chesapeake Forum for a docent led virtual tour of the renowned Cherry Blossom Exhibit at the Freer Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Museum.

- with Katie Livie
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Explore the diverse story of Blue Crabs, the Bay’s staple seafood, and their complex adaptation.

- with Payne Kilbourn
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Although Congress has yet to enact legislation to address ‘Climate Change,’ the U.S. Government has pursued and funded various initiatives for the problem of a rapidly changing climate.

- with Bruce Jones
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Compare Talbot County with other Maryland counties to see the differences in education, rates of crime, housing availability, etc.
- with Bob DeGour
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER. RECORDING IS AVAILABLE. Join a discussion based on excerpts from the films “Stand and Deliver” and “The Ultimate Gift” to explore whether we are setting appropriate expectations for our nation’s next generations.

- with Margaret Andersen, Ph.D.
- & Constance Morris Hope, PCC
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
What does ‘systemic racism’ really mean? Is there a difference between ‘equality’ and ‘equity’? Join our program presenters and hear a panel of Talbot County community leaders discuss what’s happening in the County.

- with Lynn Randle serving as Moderator
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
The community leaders who will be participating in the Round Table Panel that is the final discussion of the Series "Conversations on Race: An American Dilemma" will be: Deborah Short, Program Director of BAAM, Nancy Andrew Director of the Talbot Family Network, and Capt. Anthony Smith, Chief of the St. Michaels Police Department. The discussion will be moderated by Chesapeake Forum Board President, Lynn Randle.

- with Linda Earls
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Examine Civil War soldiers’ letters home and decode historical memorabilia. Within the "casual" comments, what was really being said?

- with Ron Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
A Philatelist (stamp collector) looks at National Prohibition and the stamps that paid the tax.

- with Katherine Marconi, Ph.D., MS.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Stephen A. Goldman
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Using a "magic carpet" of old newspapers, view the Civil War from very different perspectives.

- with Neressia Lowers
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
This course will cover the tax handling of retirement accounts; how your tax returns affect Medicare eligibility; planning for the unexpected; and preparing a retirement budget.

- with David Blight, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Professor David W. Blight’s virtual live lecture will draw past and present together by focusing on Frederick Douglass’ key legacies. You are welcome to join a live Q&A following the lecture.

- with Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
This fun introduction to Shakespeare is full of hints to help you enjoy and understand his plays in the way that works best for you.

- with Stephen Goldman
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Course Recording Now Available) A History of Aviation as reported in the newspaper press over four centuries from 1783 through 2021.

- with Hunter H. Harris
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Watch the video of “Crazy Horse” P51 from a Skyship 600 Airship and then jump into the Mustang.

- with Rich Harrison
- & Bob DeGour
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Discuss four of the eight important global topics in the 2021 Great Decisions Briefing Book (included). Look for Part II in the Fall 2021 semester offerings.

- with Rich Harrison
- & Bob DeGour
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Part 2 of this popular geo-political discussion group will continue with four more important global topics from the 2021 Great Decisions Briefing Book (available for an additional $10).

- with Samuel Hilgartner
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
In this new course, we will explore the themes of human freedom and authority in a sampling of maritime literature.

- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
You may be wondering about this fellow and why he had it in for the Eastern Shore. You will receive clues to consider one week before the great reveal. Sharpen your wits, grab a beverage, and join us for a most entertaining happy hour class.

- with Michele Dodge
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023