LC Subject Heading: Fashion
Item 48368
Paris fashion illustration, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Item 110537
Blue silk calash style bonnet, Alna, ca. 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Alna Media: silk, wood, cotton
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.
