Student testing over Colonization: Ugh! I don't know anything about stupid Maryland!?
Me: Well, how did Maryland get its name? Know any, I don't know, famous Marys that may have inspired the colonists to name their new home that? That may tell you who first settled there and remind you why they wanted a new home....
Student: Oh, yeah! Mary! The one with the little lamb, right?
(leans over his paper to write: "Maryland was settled by shepherds who wanted lots of land for their sheep to graze.")
Hmmm. Wrong Mary. But that's still cute, huh?