LC Subject Heading: Domestic life
Item 80263
Letter to Sarah Tarbox from home, 1841
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1841 Location: Richmond; Westport Island Media: Ink on paper
Item 89843
George Woodman to Rebecca Usher, Canada, 1841
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841 Location: Three Rivers; Saco; New York Media: Ink on paper
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.
