Keywords: Student newspapers
Item 38992
The Bluehill Times, Vol. 1, No. 4, January 22, 1861
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1861-01-22 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper
Item 38987
Bluehill Academy Journal, 1863
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1863 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.
Exhibit
Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
Site Page
"… paragraphs" Connie Rand Interview on Early Newspapers Newspapers have changed and stayed the same in many ways."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2
"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media Gannett Newspapers issued a special edition pictorial review of the disaster featuring images from their own…"
Story
Quinton "Skip" Wilson: different aspects of "standing out"
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Recollections of life as Biddeford's only student of color during the 1960-70s
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Lesson Plan
Maine in the News: World War I Newspaper Project
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the important role that Maine played in World War I. Students will act as investigators in order to learn about the time period as well as the active role that Maine took on.
