Keywords: Community events
Item 11115
Grandstand, Houlton Community Park, 1914
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 26955
National Community Christmas tree coming down, Presque Isle, 1959
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3
"EVENTS History of Events by: Piscataquis Community Middle School 8th Grade Students Included in the next three pages: Fires Floods Log Drives…"
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3
"EVENTS Floods Text By: Courtney Richardson & Zachary McKenney Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle School Images from the Guilford…"
Story
Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community
Story
Bert Gagne-from star athlete to community barber
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Bert’s personal account of his lifelong non-stop approach including his 60+ years as a barber.
Lesson Plan
How Do Communities Represent Themselves
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.
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.
