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school children will begin to see a picture emerge of a fascinating world -  a microcosm of early Maryland.
Another essential part of the plan will be to use the technique of "first-person living history."     Modeled after the very  successful  first-person  role-playing  used  at Plymouth  Colony  in  Massachusetts, Carroll's  Hundred will  introduce visitors  to  a   1760s  world through living voices that re-create that world.     This technique has proven immensely  successful,  and will require  extensive  research  such as previously described which will be used to  document the  individual worldviews  of members  of the  plantation  community. Understanding   their   clothing,   foodways,   occupations,   and   dialects will enable us to begin to experience this strange and distant world through all of our five senses.    This produces a direct interaction with the past between role-player and visitor that is  compelling  and unforgettable,   both   tangible   and   intensely   personal.
Recent  studies  into how most Americans  experience the past  show that  it  is  through  one's  own personal  experience  with historical events that the past takes  on special meaning and importance.  Living history  takes  otherwise  distant people  and  events,  and makes  them personal  through  one-on-one  dialogue.     Extensive  research  into  the