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Historical Items

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Item 68357

Farmington State Normal School General Rules, c. 1924

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1924 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 23908

George Pierce on Bowdoin studies, 1822

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1822 Location: Brunswick; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102534

Lincoln Turner's student cadet training jacket, Orono, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Orono; Waltham Media: Wool, cotton, bakelite, bronze

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111503

Shugart residence elevations, Wendell, NC, 1977

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977 Location: Wendell Clients: Nancy Shugart; Sam Shugart Architect: Edwin F. Harris; Edwin F. Harris, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce

Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.

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

Graduation Season

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 Pages

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Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"X Students discuss the Flying Torah with Mr. Bill Cook. X Students scan images during a winter break work session at the Bangor Public…"

Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"Ron Bilancia's quarterly Maine Studies classes worked on this project. All students received instruction on how to handle artifacts and how to scan…"

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"Student Research Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Return to Online Exhibits The Strong School 7th and 8th graders and Mrs."

My Maine Stories

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Story

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines

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

My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey

Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes

Lesson Plans

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Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Maine Monochromatic Oceanscape

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson plan will give students an overview of the creatures that live in the Gulf of Maine, real and imagined. Students will be able to describe the creatures they learn about, first learning simple art skills, and then combining these simple skills to make an Oceanscape picture that is complex.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.