Legend of the Charter Oak

The Charter Oak was a huge white oak tree located in Hartford, Connecticut. It became famous when it was used to hide Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662. The Charter Oak is Connecticut's state tree and is featured on the Connecticut quarter.

eBooks:

• N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter X) (available through Epic!)

• Legend of the Charter Oak

Encyclopedias:

• Academic Kids (Challenge)

• Fact Monster (Challenge)

Websites:

• Connecticut Project Helper (page 2 and 17)

• State Symbols: The State Tree

• Charter Oak Monument

• Hartford History (Challenge)

• ConnecticutHistory.org

  • Hiding the Charter: Images of Joseph Wadsworth's Legendary Action (Challenge)

  • The Charter Oak Fell (Challenge)

  • Connecticut's the Legend of the Charter Oak (Challenge)

Magazines:

• Connecticut Studies Weekly: Week 8 (pages 3-4)

• The Charter Oak

• The Tree that Saved History

Library Books:

• Connecticut (Hello U.S.A.) by Amy Gelman (page 27)

• Connecticut: The Constitution State by Robin Koontz (page 8)

• N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin (Letter X)

• The Connecticut Colony by Kevin Cunningham (page 19)

• The Connecticut Colony by Muriel L. Dubois (page 23)

• Ask your Library Media Specialist to help you find other books!