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 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 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 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 Harriette Lowery
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 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 Bruce Purdy
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

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

- 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 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 Raymond Vergne, M.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023

- 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 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 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 Hans Kuschnerus
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
It is said that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. Are we ignoring obvious parallels from the past? Discussions will focus on present United States attitudes towards ‘political enemies.’

- with Forest Hansen, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
We will examine “On Liberty,” the seminal work by John Stuart Mills (described as the one piece of political thought most relevant to us today) by analyzing the relative and often competing rights of individuals with the rights of the community.

- with Doug Levin, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
The Earth is 4.6 billion years old and change is happening continuously. In this presentation, we will explore the impact of change on the earth’s ocean crust when considering such things as our global communications capabilities.

- with John Miller, Ph.D.
- & Karen Kaludis
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
We will explore what their intimate letters reveal about this extraordinary marriage.

- with Kristina Motley
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Rich Wagner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
This is the story of prehistoric human populations, languages, and cultures over 8,000 years.

- with Doug Levin
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Recording Now Available!) Join Doug’s class and learn why beaches erode and how rip currents work. You will examine globally collected sand samples, or your own, and learn how to analyze their differences.

- with Sharika Crawford, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER. RECORDING IS AVAILABLE. Learn what ended the worldwide Caribbean turtle fishery of a century ago and why this is a cautionary note for the sustainability of fishing the Chesapeake.

- with Bruce Purdy
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Recording Now Available!) Learn how Smart Growth can create a Resilient City, ready to survive crises and face future shocks and stresses from climate change, growing populations, and depleted energy sources.

- with Linda Earls
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Trace the lives and journey of Eastern Shore slaves in the time of Frederick Douglass.

- with William Messner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Dominic “Mickey” Terrone
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Dominic “Mickey” Terrone
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023

- with George Radcliffe, Jr.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023

- with Ray Vergne, MD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
An overview of Neo-fascism in six European countries will bring us to the XXI century.

- with Raymond Vergne, MD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
This course will identify the many faces of fascism in different countries while exploring the roots and origins of fascism and its relationship to religion and economics.

- with David O. Stewart, JD
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Summer 2021
Learn how George Washington's successes were hard-won through effort, discipline, and lifelong learning.

- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE. The Ku Klux Klan made its appearance across Delmarva in the early 1920s. Join us to examine who introduced the Klan to Delmarva, who joined the "Invisible Empire," and who contributed to its decline.

- with Yuan Liu, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022

- with Phil Hesser, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE! The Maryland Parks Service describes the landscape of Harriet Tubman’s early years as “virtually unaltered.” Join Phil, co-author of “The Old Home Is Not There,” on a sweep through Dorchester as he looks for continuity and change.
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