Keywords: school bell
Item 20210
Potter Hall bell, Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, 1912
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1912 Location: Houlton; Troy Media: Bronze
Item 66981
School bell used by Lizzie Dill Hammond, Flagstaff, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Phillips; Flagstaff; Strong Media: bronze, wood
Item 116466
Gorham Academy alterations, Gorham, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Gorham Client: Gorham Academy Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses
Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools
"Another era in education in northern Franklin County began. Next Page (Blue Ribbon School) Return to previous page Return to Online Exhibits"
Story
Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley
Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Christmas Bells"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
The words of this poem are more commonly known as the lyrics to a popular Christmas Carol of the same title. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" in December of 1863 as the Civil War raged. It expresses his perpetual optimism and hope for the future of mankind. The poem's lively rhythm, simple rhyme and upbeat refrain have assured its popularity through the years.
