Keywords: village commons
Item 28789
Paris Hill Common as it looked ca. 1822
Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Paris Media: Print of drawing
Item 100843
Bethel House, Chapman House, Bethel Hill, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Bethel Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
Evergreens and a Jolly Old Elf
Santa Claus and evergreens have been common December additions to homes, schools, businesses, and other public places to America since the mid nineteenth century. They are two symbols of the Christian holiday of Christmas whose origins are unrelated to the religious meaning of the day.
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"Dist.# 5 - Village School served the children of the village in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"… Society The village of New Portland was commonly known as West Portland and today is referred to as the West Village by most people that live…"
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: Integration of Longfellow's Poetry into American Studies
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
We explored Longfellow's ability to express universality of human emotions/experiences while also looking at the patterns he articulated in history that are applicable well beyond his era. We attempted to link a number of Longfellow's poems with different eras in U.S. History and accompanying literature, so that the poems complemented the various units. With each poem, we want to explore the question: What is American identity?
