Mnemonic Device:

• Students, Pretty Pretty Please, Remember Your Jackets

Explanation: The first letters of the words remind us of the major rivers of the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

• Susquehanna, Patapsco (which forms Baltimore Harbor), Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, York and James

Teacher’s Note: Then we point out major rivers on the eastern shore, Elk, Chester, Choptank, Nanticoke, Wicomico, and Pocomoke, and ask the students to create a mnemonic of their own to remember these.