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Historical Items

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Item 33787

Guilford Public School, June 20, 1887

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1887-06-20 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Item 17408

Fryeburg Academy student body, 1886

Contributed by: Fryeburg Academy Archives Date: 1886 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

Item 65513

Village School student body, Strong, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Strong Media: Card-mounted sepia-toned photograph

Online Exhibits

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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

Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River

I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… head with a metal pipe and then incinerating her body. The furnace was located in the basement of Loring, Short & Harmon stationary store, at 474…"

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Maine Central Institute

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"The student body continued to diversify. The student body had always included a significant cohort of Canadians, and in 1967 Mercy accepted its first…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Surfing in Maine
by Emma G.

Emma, a student of documentary film making, talks about surfing at Scarborough Beach

Story

Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask

Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Maine's Beneficial Bugs: Insect Sculpture Upcycle/ Recycle S.T.E.A.M Challenge

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Content Area: Science & Engineering, Visual & Performing Arts
In honor of Earth Day (or any day), Students use recycled, reused, and upcycled materials to create a sculpture of a beneficial insect that lives in the state of Maine. Students use the Engineer Design Process to develop their ideas. Students use the elements and principles to analyze their prototypes and utilize interpersonal skills during peer feedback protocol to accept and give constructive feedback.