Fun for learning the origins of the names of the Thirteen Colonies--and a great chance to lightly talk through influences and chronology of settlement in a pleasant way. For instance, Maryland is named for Queen Henrietta Maria, a Catholic queen, which was fitting for a colony favorable for settlement by Catholics. Caroline/Carolina is the feminine version of "Charles," which many students probably don't know, but later helps make sense of terms like the "Carolingian Renaissance" in world histor