LC Subject Heading: Synagogues
Item 108745
Kiddush cup, Portland, 2006, ca. 2006
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2006 Location: Portland Media: Ceramic
Item 76
Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1911 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.